I'm just a shadow today

Listen: I’m really diggin’ Faulkner’s stream-of-consciousness style. It’s really easy for me to read. Plus, it’s like Faulkner’s sticking it to the man by not using punctuation! That’s my favorite part of his style. No punctuation. In fact, I love it so much that I’m going to adapt his style for this blog.

Mr Coon I can only imagine the look on critics faces when they first read The Sound and the Fury I mean Im pretty sure it was a radical form of literature They were probably pretty upset about it but then some thought it was pretty cool Jessi thats not proper English the reader wont understand what youre saying But Ms Egnew thats how he talks Hes from the ghetto Hes not gonna talk all like someone with an education Faulkners abandonment of punctuation is also very cool It forces the reader to really look beyond the sentence into the ideas beyond the words Punctuation can sometimes do the opposite of whats intended instead of making ideas easier to understand they simplify and Mom hes clearly being sarcastic look at what hes saying no hes not hes insulting you and me lessen the power of the idea itself When dealing with dialogue a lack of punctuation is endlessly entertaining mostly because the reader suddenly must deal with my favorite aspect of English inflection For instance when Mom says what is she angry annoyed sad tired pleased curious or all of those at the same time Inflection provides the flexibility necessary for English to function as a viable language Of course thats also what makes it really difficult to learn Well thats not the only difficulty just one of them Thats not how you spell beautiful Jessi how long will it take you to learn that by the time you leave my class you will know how to spell beautiful but that u is useless it doesnt make sense and why is that a even there it should be an e

I also really like how we are literally inside the characters mind Well I guess not literally but pretty literally About as literally as you can get without actually being the person Its easier to understand a character through what triggers memories and what memories they dwell on more Mark Twain Mark Twain Mark Twain Mark Twain The reader is exposed directly to what gets a character going or what has important symbolism for him like water and honeysuckle for Quentin she laughs oh my gosh its really not that funny I think but keep my mouth closed what good will it do and she still laughs and laughs and laughs I have a feeling that more readers would enjoy short stories if more short stories were written in Faulkners style though perhaps a bit more understandable Readers who dont like short stories often complain that theres not enough character development and that they dont feel connected to a character because they dont know much about him With stream of consciousness learning about a character is much more efficient Much can be learned of a character in the limited space of a short story Did you ever read Twain did you did you I feel I understand Quentin better through Faulkners style than I could have if he had chosen a different form

There is a wonderfully attractive freedom in Faulkners style and to be quite honest I find the more structured the section like Jason or the last portion of the novel the more difficult it is for me to understand and the less I like it I dont really know the answer to this question I just dont get math cant you leave me alone for one second so I can understand this why its more difficult I assume its just because I was used to Benjy and Quentin
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I think this blog is proof that Faulkner has an amazing skill to convey the inner thoughts of a person into a cohesive piece of literature that transcends the lateral works of most of what came before it. I tried to imitate stream-of-consciousness and fell flat on my face (as seen above.) It was fun though.