The Compsons Decline Essay

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The Compsons Decline

Introduction (do not write anything here):

Lead Sentence (must be interesting; cannot be a question): A story of how one event can cause a never ending chain of events.
Continue introducing your topic (give relevant background about your novel; this includes the title of the novel [italicized] and the author’s full name) in three sentences: William Faulkner’s book The Sound and The Fury is the story of how a noble family shamely fell from grace. The Compsons are a southern aristocratic family with numerous psychological problems. The story is told by four characters, all have a part to prove how they were involved in the shameful downfall of the once powerful Compson family.
THESIS (ONE sentence; revised from working thesis): …show more content…

Explanation (two sentences):Quentin’s thoughts on time had drove him to breaking his grandfather's watch. Quentin’s mania over time has driven his to wanting to stop time, to put a halt on life so that nothing bad happens, he is to late however, because the bad events that he has experience have already occured.
Evidence or Explanation #2 (must include citation)
Lead in: Benjy conception of time is in the past instead of the present.
Evidence: “In his undeveloped unconsciousness.....without language and therefore without the power of reflection and the interpretation of the past.”(Bleikasten 2)
Explanation (two sentences): Benjy is retarded, when he sees something he will relate it to a memory in the past. His physical form may be in the present where he walks, but his mental form is lingering in the past.
Transition sentence (connect your explanation back to your thesis): Time is crucial, there is no warning on when an event will take place or when time will end.
Conclusion (do not write anything

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