pported and cared for by a lazy family of black servants, led and held together by the matriarch Dilsey (the only good person I found in the book). Because of its experimental style, “The Sound and the Fury” presents a challenge for readers. Traditional aspects of the novel like tone and style, plot, and character development are cast aside in the attempt to find a narrative form that could represent the realities of mental chaos and the painful interweaving of separate selves in family life. Though at times Faulkner's material may seem so undeveloped as to be barely containable within language at all, The Sound and the Fury attains heights and depths of expression that are truly ingenious. “The Sound and the Fury” is an unforgettable work that, in the end, rewards the reader's efforts....
