Changing the setting of Light in August ;-)

If the setting of Light in August was placed in our present society, what do you think will be different in the book? I personally thing that Lena will not be isolated or looked down on for being pregnant as much as she is right now because in today's society the stigma associated with people who get pregnant before is marriage has greatly dwindled. What else do you think will be different? <3

Apperception

We already know that Lucas left and changed his name once he found out that Lena was pregnant. But that wasn't the case in Lena's point of view. She was told that he was forced to work at the mill. Before he left, she told him to write to her if he gets the chance. Time flew by, no letters were sent, and she grew impatient. She took it upon herself to go find him in Jefferson. She thought that he would be surprised. If Lucas hasn't communicated to her, people are telling her that there is no "Lucas Burch" around town, that should tell her something. She is blinded from the fact that he may have left her. I agree with Mrs. Ross when she said that Lena was too naïve. What are your thoughts about her?

Guys for my Independent book I'm doing Call of the Wild  by Jack London. Do any of you have some background info about him or have read some of his works?

Lena finds Out about Joe Brown

"' Joe Brown' she says. "' Has he got a little scar right here by his mouth"' (Faulkner, 1985, p. 56). Lena asks Bryon about Joe brown, she is familiar with his looks.  Who do you think Joe brown is? Do you believe that Lucas Burch is Joe brown? What do you think Lena will do next after finding out about Joe brown? Do you think that Lena will ever find Lucas Burch and start her family?

Is Christmas truly Christmas?

"He looked like a tramp, yet not.... cocked at an angle arrogant and baleful above his still face" (Faulkner, p. 31,  1985).

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Thinking about Christmas, how is the character Christmas different/similar to the holiday Christmas? Also, do you think he matches the holiday, Christmas or is the character emblematic of something about the holiday, Christmas?

Chapter one

So far we know that Lena is on her way to find her babies' daddy. Everyone believes it is just a waste of her time to go out to look for someone who is no good for her. However she might have a something else in mind. What are her motives for when she finds Lucas? What do you think might happen? Better watch out Burch.

Faulkner & Modernism

Based on the handout we received on the 17th, entitled Modernism and Postmodernism, which of the seven characteristics of modernism are  apparent in William Faulkner's Light In August?