<Articles>Coming Full Circle : Caddy's Safety Circleto Secure Benjy

Abstract

William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury is one of the most puzzling pieces of works in American literature because the first section of the novel is narrated by mentally disabled Benjy. In this paper, I will specifically focus on the first section of this novel and analyze the relationship between the two protagonists: Caddy and Benjy, who have an opposite characteristics. I will pay attention to the circles, which are Caddy's arms and the fence and the gate of the house they live in as well as analyzing other metaphorical circles. I claim that these circles function as a safety circles for Benjy and when they break, the tragedy for him begins. By closely analyzing the original text, this paper tries to uncover hidden symbols and meanings in this section.