Sound and the Fury

So, I didn’t flunk out of any classes on the first day, but I did encounter another unprecedented situation. In my American Modernism class, my professor told us that if we have the time we ought to read The Sound and the Fury now, even though it’s not due until later, so that we will have time to re-read it. Figuring that Faulkner’s novel must be quite the beast to warrant such advice, I took the time to read it once through.