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Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 5 page paper which examines William Faulkner’s
novel “That Evening Sun” from a historical perspective that involves the Old South and
the New South as well as Old South and the North. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAflkeve.rtf
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one womans fears, fears of the night where her husband will come out of the darkness and kill her. The woman is an African American servant and she has no
other people but the white people who employ her. She clings to them in the hopes that she will be saved from her husband Jesus. And, perhaps more importantly, she
looks to the children to find comfort and safety perhaps in light of the fact that she feels she knows them best, as human beings. In this particular relationship we
can see images of a historical significance, images that speak of an Old South, the South where Nancy would feel safe in the shelter of her employers (or masters) and
the New South, where she was essentially on her own. One critic indicates that, "The old South, the new South, the reconstructed South--if it has to do with the
South, Faulkner wrote about it. Few other writers had the understanding of Southern social structures that he had" and as such "We see the theme of the South, not
only individuals in the South, but entire social classes groups and families in the South, in almost all of Faulkners work. Every theme in Faulkner relates back to the
South in some way" (William Faulkner). For example, "If he is talking about a child, it is a child in the South. If Faulkner is writing about social structure,
racism, class, anything, you almost always find his theme within the context of Southern America" (William Faulkner). With that in mind the following paper examines how Nancy clings to the
children as though they can help her, a fact that helps us to see the tensions between the Old South and the New South, as well as the Old South
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