The Sound and the Fury is a novel by William Faulkner about the downfall of the Compsons, a Southern aristocratic family. The book's four parts each present a different character's perspective: the mentally handicapped son, Benjy and his memories, the intellectual and scrupulous Quentin, who drowns himself, the cynical and selfish Jason, and the black servant Dilsey, who takes care of Benjy and the ruined family. The sister Caddy and her daughter is also central to each of these narratives.
William Faulkners A Rose for Emily A Gothic Horror Tale William Faulkner is widely considered to be one of the great American authors of the twentieth century Although his greatest works are identified with a particular region and time Mississippi in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the themes he explores are universal He was also an extremely accomplished writer in a technical sense Novels such as The Sound and the Fury and Absalom Absalom feature bold experimentation with shi