Regarding Faulkner’s Light in August, discuss the interrelationship between the three principle characters–Lena Grove, Joe Christmas, and

1. Regarding Faulkner’s Light in August, discuss the interrelationship between the three principle characters–Lena Grove, Joe Christmas, and Gail Hightower–making references to how their stories echo each other, how Faulkner’s employs images and symbols to connect them, and how the very themes of each character’s story (ie, the search for belonging and/or identity) echo the others, despite their differences.

2. Discuss how Faulkner constructs his novel on a structural level and how the construction echoes our own temporality–how does the writing of the novel itself reflect the stoppage of time, and how does the novel itself reflect those who live in the past and those who are forward looking.

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