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In The Novel, A Light In August, William Faulkner Introduces Us To
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| Term Paper Title | In The Novel, A Light In August, William Faulkner Introduces Us To |
| # of Words | 1343 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 5.37 |
In the novel, A Light in August, William Faulkner introduces us to
a wide range of characters of various backgrounds and personalities.
Common to all of them is the fact that each is type cast into a certain
role in the novel and in society. Lena is the poor, white trash southern
girl who serves to weave the story together. Hightower is the fanatic
preacher who is the dark, shameful secret of Jefferson. Joanna Burden is
the middle-aged maiden from the north who is often accused of being a
³nigger-lover². And Joe Christmas is the epitome of an outsider. None of
them are conventional, everyday people. They are all in some way
disjointed from society; they do not fit in with the crowd. That is what
makes them intriguing and that is why Faulkner documents their story.
Percy Grimm is another such character and he plays a vital role in the
novel. He is the one to finally terminate Joe Christmas, who has been
suffering his entire life. Grimm is the enforcer, the one man who will
uphold American pride at all costs. He also stands for everything in the
world that has held Christmas back. He is the prototype of the ruthless
enemy who is the source of all of Christması struggles. And Christmas can
never escape him. He can run, as he has been doing all his life and as he
does in his desperate attempt to escape. But he can never hide, as he
tries to do at Hightowerıs and as he has been hiding his true self from
the world he hates so much. Percy Grimm represents the unmerciful society
that has restrained and persecuted Joe Christmas; it is only fitting that
he should be the one to finally bring him down in the end.
Percy Grimm was born into the American south and grew up to be a
symbol and backbone of the environment he was raised in. His only regret
in life is being born too late. He feels that his sole purpose in life
would be to fight in World War I and defend the country to which he is
completely and utterly devoted. But the war happened to occur in the time
period where ³he should have been a man instead of a child² (Faulkner,
p.450). So when he grows to be a man, he joins the National Guard, which
is the closest thing to an army he can find. But instead of protecting the
country from foreign enemies, his job with the National Guard entails
protecting the country from certain things within itself. Joe Christmas
and the situation he has created is a direct threat to Percy Grimm and the
establishment he represents. Although Grimmıs primary objective is to
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