Intro. to Paper- Inevitability of Time

Time is not a material object; it is not something that can be touched, played with, or reversed. Time is a measurement, a measurement of advancement or declination. The inevitability of time is something unavoidable, something that eventually leads to death or resentment or even destruction. William Faulkner expresses the inevitability of time in The Sound and the Fury, through memory and setting, which ultimately leads to the decline of the Compson family, and in turn also symbolizes the decline of the aristocratic south.