Scooter24
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Wed Mar-28-07 09:19 PM
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Has anybody read "The Sound and the Fury" |
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and do you think it will be ok for a 15 year old who loves to read?
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Wed Mar-28-07 09:21 PM
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1. I read it at 17 for a high school class... |
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and found it deadly dull. And that was ages ago. But if you have a 15-year-old who wants to read it, I say go for it.
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Wed Mar-28-07 09:27 PM
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2. I was reading the amazon reviews... |
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and it seems like an intense piece of work. I might buy it for myself as well.
Thanks for your opinion :)
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Wed Mar-28-07 09:28 PM
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3. Unless the 15-year-old is exceptionally bright.... |
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...he (or she) probably won't be able to get much out of it. It's one of Faulkner's more obtuse novels, and most college-level English students still struggle with it.
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Wed Mar-28-07 09:36 PM
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4. Yeah...I kinda got that |
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Edited on Wed Mar-28-07 09:41 PM by Scooter24
by reading the reviews. It seems as if the first two chapters are what most readers find the most difficult to understand.
I think I'm going to pick up two copies, one for myself and one for her (a birthday gift for the daugther of a friend).
I'm not a very accomplished reader, but maybe we can try to tackle this together.
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Wed Mar-28-07 09:37 PM
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5. Working through it together is great for a number of reasons. |
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You might "warm up" to the novel by reading a couple of his short stories first.
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Wed Mar-28-07 09:43 PM
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6. I'd give it to him only if he can spell lugubrious. |
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Wed Mar-28-07 09:44 PM
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7. Have you (or child) read serious stream of consciousness stuff? |
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If not, I would probably start with a different Faulkner novel. I teach high school English, and I would hesitate to recommend that novel to just a few very talented students. The first 70 pages are a killer. You have to be pretty dedicated to get through it.
If you are not used to stream of consciousness, I would first read the short story The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (Katherine Porter). Then try and tackle Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce) which isn't easy but I think easier than Sound. Then tackle Sound and the Fury.
Just my $.02.
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Wed Mar-28-07 10:43 PM
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8. Didn't Faulkner originally want to print it in different colors for each character? |
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so that the reader could more easily decipher what the hell was actually going on in that book but the publisher thought it would be too expensive.
I read it for the first time when I was 17, a recommendation from my English teacher because I loved post WWI literature. It took me the longest time to realize that there were two characters named Quentin. At that point I knew I needed to read it again because I was clearly missing things :)
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