Thoughts on chess

During chapter 19 the reoccurring chess movements are seen and created quite a bit of curiosity. What do you guy think about the reference? For me, I feel as it the chess thing represents an idea that the characters are just the chess pieces being controled by something great and as much as it seems the characters are in control of their actions they're not.

Frequent Motifs by Sabrina

Throughout Light in August, Faulkner has a variety of motifs that reoccur in the novel such as Christmas's animal like characteristics. However, during chapter nineteen the reoccurring image of dark objects and actions  near places of worship or religious individuals is an interesting motif. For instance, Grimm and his platoon gambling and armying themselves with guns near a church. As well as Christmas's savage murder in Hightower's home creates a paradox of imagery. The dark and light contrast of the motifs makes me really appreciate the novel and the writing style of William Faulkner. ~Sabrina

Chapter 18

Ohkay I messed up on my last post with brown and Christmas! But the same concept is still here! What would have happened to Christmas? Could he have been killed by a random civilian or by Hines ?! He was asking for it to happen!

Brown's Escape

So, Brown/Burch hopped onto a train at the end of Chapter 18 and is now fleeing Jefferson (or Lena, to be more specific). Where will he go now? What about all that money of his that he never got? Does anyone have any theories on what will become of Lucas Burch?

What do you think?

I just wanted to know, what do you think about the book? since we are very close to the end of the story. what do you think about the book in a whole? what is your favorite part/character/chapter? and finally how do you think it will end? let me know, and happy Friday.

Did you guys get any thoughts from all of the characters epiphanies ?

Hightower Chapter 16

Did anyone else notice that in the beginning of chapter 16 when Byron is talking to Hightower how Hightower is responding really sarcastically and a little bit harshly as well? Or am I picking up on something that wasn't even really there?

Lena's Importance

We haven't seen Lena for a decent amount of time now, and I feel like that means she's going to start being pretty important sometime soon. Maybe she'll have her child in the next few chapters?

Reverend Hightower

  At the end of chapter sixteen, Hightower loses it. I wonder why his character changed from calm to crazy. Does anyone have any ideas of why Hightower snaps? Why does he decide to isolate himself from his only friend Byron by telling him to get out? What is going on in the reverend's head? I wonder, I wonder...

Katherine

when Christmas gets charged with the murder of mrs.Burden will he her charged with the death of Mr.McEachern or will it be dismissed

Source Resource

Just in case anyone has found themselves in dire need of replacement sources for their historical essay, the Library of Congress website is really helpful and usually provides the information needed to fill out a bibliography entry. The website can be accessed here: http://www.loc.gov/index.html

Tis tis tis

Dang. I find myself constantly feeling sympathy for Joe. I see why he can't trust anyone. Hopefully Ms.Burden will change that

Katherine's idea

• In chapter 12 the razor is once again brought in.Does the razor have any symbolism in Light In August? If so what do you guys think?

Mrs. McEachern.

I like the character of Mrs.McEachern, I think she was a nice lady that was pretty much passive; however, I also feel terribly bad for her because her husband died and she was left alone. I think that Christmas was a bit selfish, in a way, and harsh with the lady who after all did give him a shelter and food. I also wish we could've learned more about this lady. What do you guys think?

NaNoWriMo

I'm not sure if you guys know about this, but NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) started on the 1st and ends on the last day of November. The goal is to write 50,000 words by the end of the month. I think plans to award extra credit for completion are in the works, so check it out! You can sign up here: nanowrimo.org Good luck!

Christmas's fascination with Mrs.Burden.

Perhaps for the first time in his life, Christmas finds himself openly welcomed even if not formally introduced. We have seen how much pain he has endured during his young life whether it be physical abuse or emotional scars. Now Mrs.Burden has her doors open to him and feeding him yet there is little to no communication between the two. Why do you think he sticks around other than food and shelter?

the odd encounter by sabrina

In chapter 10,  Faulkner describes the first encounter between Christmas and Ms.Burden. Hungry and savage, Christmas is described as an animal eating food from Ms.Burdens kitchen. As she walks in she is not alarmed, but rather she is cold. Her tone and her demeanor makes me question how Christmas and Ms.Burdens relationship transitions from strange to sexual. Not many people would allow a animal like man to stay in their home, therefore their future is very interesting. In addition, knowing what happens to Ms.Burden, I wonder if she regrets allowing Christmas into her house and her bed.

Christmas and his past.

Now that we are going back into Christmas' background and what he has gone through, I'm sort of thinking that he is (later in life) just yearning for love and acceptance. He has a really tough life and I think that maybe he acts the way he does because of how people used to treat him but at the same time he just wants to be loved and be accepted by his double race and the way he is. I think he just because a tough person because of his experiences through life and he holds a grudge against women because of the impact that all the girls in his life have made. I'm just really interrested in this character and I think that the couple of chapters that we have been reading really helped me undestand him a bit more.

Mrs. McEachern

 I really like Mrs. McEachern's character in the novel. Even though she is powerless, she is referred to as a good woman. She has been kind to Christmas and has even stood up for him. Even Christmas had nothing bad to say about her. What do you guys think of her character? I also feel bad for her because she was with a terrible man who treated her horribly. Christmas was also rude to her and left her by herself alone with nothing. He took everything away from her when all she did was be kind to her. I don't know, it just really bothers me that Christmas just left her with heartache. Am I the only one who feels for Mrs. McEachern?

Chapter 8

Me and Katherine were talking about chapter eight and we came across the part when Christmas tells the girl that he thinks he's biracial . We infered she kind of rejected him and therefore we can see why he might dislike women now . Christmas likes this girl and maybe now that she knows that he is partly black she losses her connection with him . What go you guys think ?

Some stuff

Since I haven't finished chapter 8 and I'm writing this post based on a line about 4 pages into chapter 8 don't correct me or tell me anything else about the chapter. Anyways, a few pages in chapter 8 it's mentioned that Christmas hates religion and like most people would, it's easy to connect a line to why he does. But what if Christmas doesn't hate religion simply because of McEachern (not sure if that's spelled right). Because although Christmas is pretty numb to the abuse he receives, that can't seem to be a solid root to why he hates religion. I don't know though I'm just trying to think out of the box. Because for me, most people who really know me assume I hate religion because of my very religious family but that's not the case. So yeeeee thats all.

Writeing quiz

So I was kinda wanting to know what people thought of the writing test today I thought it was fairly easy if you knew  what you were writing about I think the most difficult question was question number 4 being that you had to choose a character and write  what their motivation is religion or race. I chose Hightower and I believe his motivation is religion. What did you write about for question number 4 and what did you think of the test?

Religion as a catalyst

As I read chapter 7, the constant Imagery of religion as an antagonist still remains. Christianity scarred Joe Christmas, and anywhere it's mentioned  displays a type of agony in him.

Christmas hateing women

So Christmas hates women right? I have a thought of why he does. I think as the story goes on we will learn more about his past. And I think something will be revealed of why Christmas hates women.

Christmas and religion

So why do you think Christmas is very anti-religion? I think its because how his life is and that maybe at one point he was but then everything went bad for him and then he called it quits. I think at some point Christmas will begin to change his ways at some point but it will be something big in order to do it.

A light in August: kinda hard to follow?

I know that I might get a lot of hate for this post but am I the only one who finds a light in august a little hard to follow? Dont get me wrong the book is wonderful so far. But I just feel that it is all over the place at points. Now I could be wrong but thats just how I feel. What do you think?