Comparing Faulkners Light in August and James Portrait of a Lady Essa

Comparing William Faulkners Light in Augustand Henry throng portraiture of a chickLight in August and depiction of a Lady ar two novels which embodies within them, life affirming morals. Authors like William Faulkner and Henry James possess the art of making the reader learn by experiencing for themselves. William Faulkner uses the proficiency of introspection as well as by showing how roles and their actions elicit affect one another. Henry James also shows that a characters actions and decisions can greatly affect ones coming(prenominal) and happiness. Both authors focus on the power of words that function exclusively to categorize individuals into certain races or social classes. William Faulkner, in Light in August, centers his novel around the sensitive issues dealing with race, sex, social status and private history. Faulkner shows the reader that people who are placed in such categories absorb certain expectations from troupe. The characters generally accept these c ategories as truth, and cannot escape from their expectations, both from society and from themselves. Characters are placed under labels. These labels dictate how the characters should or should not act. These labels witness the characters potential for good or evil. Race is the well-nigh prominent label in Light in August. The race of the characters dictates how they are treated among others in society. A persons race is translated into an image. Characters touched by racism include Joe Christmas, Old Doc Hines. Joe Christmas was born an prick child, from a white mother, and a father of unknown ethnic origin. From a child, he was called nigger by his peers, even before he knew the heart and soul of the w... ...ertain situations. The reader really sees that labels have the power to change people and to motley their priorities, if the individual accepts them as truth. Works CitedFaulkner, William. Light in August. 1932. New York Vintage, 1987.James, Henry. The portrayal of a Lady. Ed. Geoffrey Moore and Patricia Crick. New York Penguin, 1986.Works ConsultedVolpe, Edmond L. Exploring Independence . Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Portrait of a Lady A Collection of Critical Essays. Ed. Peter Buitenhuis. Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall, 1968.Krook, Dorothea. Two Problems in The Portrait of a Lady. Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Portrait of a Lady A Collection of Critical Essays. Ed. Peter Buitenhuis. Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall, 1968.Pitavy, Francois. Faulkners Light in August. Bloomington Indiana UP, 1973