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Light in August

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

1.

LIGHT IN AUGUST

“Perhaps they were right in putting love into books,' he thought quietly. 'Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.”
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2.

BACKGROUND/THE AUTHOR

  • Time period: Early 1930s
  • End of Civil War & Reconstruction
  • Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
  • Estelle and the daughter
  • Dark Horse
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3.

CHARACTERS

  • Lena Grove & Joe Brown
  • Joe Christmas
  • Reverend Gail Hightower
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4.

THEMES

  • Memories/ Past vs. Present
  • Identity
  • Race
  • Violence vs. Justice
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5.

THE WRITING STYLE

  • Not chronological order
  • Many subjective views
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6.

SYMBOLS

  • The Street
  • The Dead Sheep
  • Ghosts & Shadows
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7.

QUESTION TIME!

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