Happy Trails Faulkner, 'til we meet again

It's been quite the journey of epic proportions in this class. But, alas, our time has come to an end 'ol Billy Faulkner (I call him Billy because we are friends now).

This class and the late nights accompanied with it were surprisingly great. I had no idea that I could care to read his work until it was forced upon me, but like we learned in Sanctuary, it's the things that are forced on us that causes us to change for the better, or worse....Temple you bitch.

When I started this course I knew that it would be somewhat of an undertaking that would better acquaint me with Faulkner. I had only read "Barn Burning", "A Rose for Emily", and As I Lay Dying before the class started. Needless to say, I wasn't super thrilled to have to read the rest of his works. However, I am happy to say that this class provided me with insights of not only Faulkner's works, but his style as well. His characters and narrative style are what set him apart, even today. And watching and reading about an entire world that he created really does garner a lot of respect from me.

My project for As I Lay Dying gave me a new-found appreciation for the story, and the characters; if I have to teach it to 10th graders once a year, maybe it wouldn't be so bad.

My favorite stories were definitely Sanctuary, The Sound and The Fury, and Go Down, Moses. I will definitely look to those stories in future English and writing classes. I would put The Sound and The Fury ahead of the others only because it felt like we familiarized ourselves with it the most. It also allowed me to first acquaint myself with Faulkner's writing style. It was a different way of writing that I very much enjoyed, and it gave me a lot of ideas for my final project for this class.

But all in all, I don't hate Faulkner anymore, so I guess Andrews succeeded in getting me to "drink the kool-aid" if you will. It makes me think if I will ever appreciate Nathaniel Hawthorne.....

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA sorry. I was talking crazy at the end there.