Saski’s Comments (group member since Jan 15, 2015)

Saski’s comments from the On Paths Unknown group.

Traveller wrote: "How would you describe what you see as the old-fashioned Nineteenth Century ideals of masculinity - as in the perceived qualities that a "Southern gentleman" should have?"

Personally it makes me noxious, but many things about the South affect me that way....

Traveller wrote: "How would you describe what you see as the old-fashioned Nineteenth Century ideals of masculinity - as in the perceived qualities that a "Southern gentleman" should have?"

Traveller wrote: "It soon becomes clear to the reader, that not only was Benjy from the previous chapter obsessed with Caddy, but Quentin is obsessed with her as well. How, would you say, does Quentin’s view of Cadd..."

I would say that deep inside Caddy effects Quentin sexually but he refuses to see it and thus his feelings come out more as ... sibling affection or protectiveness, maybe....

I have a question. Who is the 'blackguard' Quentin often mentions in relation to his sister, Caddy?

Traveller wrote: "Hmm, our discussion seems to have stalled. Let's see if we can jumpstart it again with a few well-aimed questions.
We've already mentioned that the concept of 'time' is a big thing in TS and TF, an..."

I would say that the watch represents his link to his father, and that he broke when he felt that link was broken ... maybe?

Traveller wrote: "Bonitaj wrote: ""I had to use some method to indicate to the reader that this idiot had no sense of time. That what happened to him ten years ago was just yesterday. The way I wanted to do it was t..."

Yes, please! :D

Bonitaj wrote: "both the above quotes are taken from THe Norton Edition as follows:
The Shadow (February 15,1957 (Session One) Graduate Course in American Fiction pg. 242
The Italics (April 27, 1957) Session Twelv..."

Thank you so much for this. I'm still working my way through Quentin; this info should really help!

Traveller wrote: "There are so many themes to explore from pretty much the get-go in Quentin, that it's hard to know where to begin: I looked up the St Francis quote about "sister death", and thought I'd report back..."

Ahhh, this took me back to the film Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972), with the soundtrack by Donavan. Thank you, I'll have to go back, dig out my copy, and take a trip down memory lane.

Traveller wrote: "Linda wrote: "I don't know that I've read enough of Faulkner to say it's a part of him, but what Bonitaj (or you?) Told us about what he said to his daughter would nake one think so."

I've often s..."

I agree. I don't see how he could not, being that racism is engrained in the 'system' and Faulkner being born into an upper-middle class Southern family in 1897....

Bonitaj wrote: "I would like to interject and ask the age old question - how do each of you feel about an artist/writer in terms of their work impacting who they are as people.
Do you judge them according to what ..."

I wrestle with that question now and then, most recently with Orson Scott Card and J.K. Rowling and their blatant homophobia..... Sigh!

I went down that same rabbit hole of a branch of a tree and it just didn't make sense. Thank you again!

Thank you! :D I had just found that (trying to catch up on all the threads at once). I also had a look at the Wiki character list -- whoa, so much stuff I missed; and here I had thought I was doing pretty well, LOL!

And ... what's "the branch"?

Traveller wrote: "Ok, let me make some comments: I find it interesting how Faulkner tries to imagine how Benji would see things, while at the same time giving the reader clues regarding what it is that Benji is talk..."

Thank you for this! I gave up on the first couple of pages after a few readings and just moved on. I will enjoy going back and 'getting' it. :D

Poetic, exactly the right world for it, I think! :D

Okay, not that I need to know the gender of any particular person I meet (I keep reminding myself), but maybe it is okay to ask such a question about characters....

Quentin? There seem to be clues leading to them as both male, and more often, female. Are there two Quentins?

Shall do, though still moving slow....

I'm afraid I am late to the table here. I have not yet found my hard copy of the book, so I went looking for an online copy that would work on various devices. Just got started this morning! I am so glad to find out that I mostly got 2 of the 3 timelines in Benjy -- Yippee!

I have The Sound and the Fury. I am not so sure about the others so....

Phew! :D

Sounds good to me ... where did I see that book...?