Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste.
Welp, that's that.
I finished Sanctuary last night. I sort of stopped reading it for about a month, so I think it's been the book I was on since November. Pretty pathetic.
Darn you Bracher!!!
Anyhow...it was pretty awesome. The back talked about how it's a study of the "nature of evil." That's the second time the pros have taken a theme out of a Faulkner book that I didn't see at all. Last time, in As I Lay Dying they pros said it was all about the weakness of language, but I really read it as a portrayal of the damages that zeal will cause when unchecked? Now this is supposed to be about the nature of evil...but wasn't it really just a book about how beautiful and powerful the female gender is? I mean...Faulkner does love his ladies...
"Oh," Horace said, "you have a son." Then she showed him her hands, flung them out in a gesture at once spontaneous and diffident and self-conscious and proud...
That was my favorite quote of the book, easily, so thought I'd share it. Of course I read some things in there regarding the fragility of life and time, but I was just impressed at how Ol' Willy leads the reader on the entire book, givomg an air of male dominance among characters. Temple is raped, Ruby's husband is jailed and she is dragged along by Horace throughout the novel, and Miss Reba simply seems altogether pathetic. In the end...the women all seem to be the most powerful characters in the book. Temple's deceit results in two deaths, Ruby's acceptance allows the novel to come full swing, and, in addition, Horace's wife Belle, neglected and ignored throughout the entire story, in finality seems to control Horace completely.
Basically: Women are beautiful, powerful, and to be loved and respected? I really liked the book...I really liked Faulkner's last book, too. Didn't freaking change my life like Brave New World, but William rules!!
To any and all feminists: I am a man and I wrote all this, and so is William Faulkner! It's important for males to have their own perspective on the female gender in order to embrace and appreciate it. Good!!
Love,
the guff
P.S. What do I read next?
God's Politics
or
Homage to Catalonia
I finished Sanctuary last night. I sort of stopped reading it for about a month, so I think it's been the book I was on since November. Pretty pathetic.
Darn you Bracher!!!
Anyhow...it was pretty awesome. The back talked about how it's a study of the "nature of evil." That's the second time the pros have taken a theme out of a Faulkner book that I didn't see at all. Last time, in As I Lay Dying they pros said it was all about the weakness of language, but I really read it as a portrayal of the damages that zeal will cause when unchecked? Now this is supposed to be about the nature of evil...but wasn't it really just a book about how beautiful and powerful the female gender is? I mean...Faulkner does love his ladies...
"Oh," Horace said, "you have a son." Then she showed him her hands, flung them out in a gesture at once spontaneous and diffident and self-conscious and proud...
That was my favorite quote of the book, easily, so thought I'd share it. Of course I read some things in there regarding the fragility of life and time, but I was just impressed at how Ol' Willy leads the reader on the entire book, givomg an air of male dominance among characters. Temple is raped, Ruby's husband is jailed and she is dragged along by Horace throughout the novel, and Miss Reba simply seems altogether pathetic. In the end...the women all seem to be the most powerful characters in the book. Temple's deceit results in two deaths, Ruby's acceptance allows the novel to come full swing, and, in addition, Horace's wife Belle, neglected and ignored throughout the entire story, in finality seems to control Horace completely.
Basically: Women are beautiful, powerful, and to be loved and respected? I really liked the book...I really liked Faulkner's last book, too. Didn't freaking change my life like Brave New World, but William rules!!
To any and all feminists: I am a man and I wrote all this, and so is William Faulkner! It's important for males to have their own perspective on the female gender in order to embrace and appreciate it. Good!!
Love,
the guff
P.S. What do I read next?
God's Politics
or
Homage to Catalonia