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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1955 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE 9
SOUTHERN GOTH IC:
Realism in Faulkner's M tical Pastures
ed-even today-by whirh Main- "Now what?" Gavin asked, highei tiibute than this to be paid,
my installed bim in his herst isp- "What are you waitine for now?' for wben peop1e are embarrassed
ci. "y receipt," Lucas said, thry usually eithe il1ughb or cry.
p S OME of Faulkner' smplest And tbr irony lies in the tart William Fasulknei lis roamed
writing has hero his mratest that in this novel, in svhich the Southern pastures of Yokoap-
An ltog h oud n Faulkner seems to have used the atasshs with ears and ryes open,
r' doubt, choke on a douible jiggci of least of his torrid symbolism, he and qiuitl and paper in hanod. And
s;hi fvoiite bouibo-verer hr cv- a come the closest to things in so doin" hr his iot missed the
s5'55ex to become awr of it; the fat syambolical. For it was not the man univtersal tcuinplc rid tra gedy of
remais that one of the finest behind the white face that Luca mai.
books he esr wiote, icirtainly' the mistiusted, rather, it was the Io the legieid thee is a oarahle,
tinest firin a social t'indpointl is white face. And, of course it was anod iii the mCyth tiese is a hope.
-Itruieidr In Th'ec Gist. the blark face, and isot the man Whatesr strange diives lie in the
etciisie i i fttin s arbehincd it, from whom Gasvin would emotions of suaie drives that
enosida'ls sie i not ask payment for his sercices. rompseI him to sousrt disaster and
oisti htgve yFclkr destiriction foi st magical my's-
10 Lucas Beachamp. Aind thc end- AND Facilkner is a pcurveyor of iry of dirath, lbse ace neither
us y ~ n scen'e of thcis book excplainv lsciior, too. It ts mostly fula id 551 ciInao
ccc its tii ehps hetIter tlit ianyige es' hissdyhose. almoist primitive kiind Btit is tthese vccy emotional
iii e r itten, the baisic hcumanei ino- of hsumor swith svhich he doces heal tcccl ' tits that pul the humnce a-
54 1 ~isis that per'<dc; the rcrs prob- iwhcis dessitc witty the Snopces inc tti rt frcci tiar mnkey and
ices of I lie Soulisscr soniited Stasts. list Yokn'stl'asuh's le"g iend. tefsn wormi tha5 lb ive him a
SLucs Beisei coss th oldNe ttcts is is sccilcistso S soul asii'sd tics 'islity to love and
sstainis"s thse sffice of cihssla eis til taoScpsha ace. Loe andt its comiiponetnts
Gsavccn Stu erils Ticsoucgh st'ayeci sesiesal swetks i0 as Mem-o licscssadmry sa
h ben thse instrumen'tsal tfactors in
ist ei1ud s ccl tCc''sis siees ass pis ''rooming" hocse'' inot ksscsss tacin thccc"nraeinld
1l 1 lircci rtsi Liicas Isi ias a notsocsicos bcoidells. Anti tel sielc esicsrcciccd
ccviicc cc c du it 1 cc iscis cum i icge' od in ttsc tacti ans Snioipes faisn-
studs 50 Sssats c Clii ~ ; its-to smsils,
cv r'I '1ks iso '-1 hcsis bl i >si 1e5h to crat tls 55easih lice'' Aicn maybe ti ches il lcs
cc ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ es wc cic c e slea's wthvt air. I'.st'r tried
cc cpiecs ushci hr Sidest, do 'anythiss, to te iyt 1 us1ias wiii lit fruiits of is
Iucccv the ivwanets to pay lite ix- siting toil.
,.= iMeedtc is oetci fhsicor-a s oic , o subthle kiscd- tic sisnost summedu citi up sec lice
csses n sfnlles to sc id of Ill t ci1 s5 almost a Fasulknr trade coics o ssco sasci c
dccii 11'. Icc ' 'mnik. Souse of else scenees ini Git'"eOslccdcccsc lc oe
A~~futi pen that' it brke M ~~~ . ~~d, ~ ~ ~ i' an t iclt sets thss catigory, as~pie
-s1t'es -if ills cttvhie~ s cics convsct fields a sier c to l "t is easyv enou'gh to say ta
chao"o cls cl isc asntng tanuly Lua 'Ii5, ik aeawmns lisle onsly to lose; mccii is uimcmisrtal smiply because
Ba-1 MGRY Aof a brick c c~r" nri e ,r trt cmlii isla s bsel Less a It skhsles to an11her en. tie will eendure: that sahen lice
cccise c village squ ace fillced ,,vccnctt'cicsca lies vrcrt seIeti cellm of c hange (including' fills 0Occ linda it, too. in the shoert last disseloise of dosom his cisang-
vitll ines yokes, s d graicios Th'e tiseme o5 caci, mi,,ions cccl seeses fro heinIis asses pie st ar' it "le A Nose Flee Emily, anin g5 ave wshien acceptin"g lice Nobeli
old plantation hoomes sittieng. like ccc;Ii 'o reces like ai; eic of telead cushly counets sect all lice mney, moat of tis hetter 001vels. It is thse pizes
herirlooen jeasets, aesmist sa~l- tuse he 1c iit icc's ost 1Faulkecr0 ndies" thse lifts' ienesa sed leso of humor tshit maskes one "It is esyv eougeh to say that
iesg geius:eci these thallmarcks od else' aas, ita rusris to deltes iceic pushecs lice-w lasotllas across5 chuckle to keels Isromn aseeping, cman is iemmor tat simeply because
tice uplvont tosse iof tetfeson 55 ifro sees li f cici liv " at avie; is h s desk to Gavin. Asse sftes do- Since piece humor is alas a thr aswitl endue that whcen the tast
county sieat of Yokosia wiss lose im.e 1n l this Lucas jussytns thsere ceruel thing-t cirequires the etecoa dieng-dong of doom hcas clang-
Mississippi-ace noe meet to the tis echasracters do is av ,ig sapego'at - theesa peohably no See MYTICAL, P'acc 10

minssof mancyiciclerscomatreselccv ciiads, -to lease and, Itieeescctics
porary lileaturlierthnits ccl 5 repduse ,'suspects thicr c asses sare
cities of Miempis assetN ate leer/ ssliidteasving"ose 1togilHicsr
'lis, so itself, w shzeS es'lts'r 1t- cisc' lees tiet of tle sosets ssur-
tie excep>t Ins the fIcsethti it l 5f '' 'cedevire sient isofthlie
iphis antNatchezii / illst; vi r- lcs1 ;;ist_ coeacc i ccc DilMccci
as, Jieeson hais coniab;! c ci lao heed his sunsssimet
tlal rihecion ocf51a cec i ~ eecor c c ccc. nd a iceaeica
ilsiseilil I an s fless cccii lies^s:i1ic :1los Isi .,cle r
eseebLy oatse leilie acii cocci; lice pureor01
Beet to hellssn iccn5tiisc'tis d' stesrocciiheo aeseit isfI
tea so lice as beceks ace' 'ciekl1iiese ti o di 550liee this
ice litisas c"sosr isic, ii c caas isl c ii51 atnircss cisec
swill remaccincimmsoortIl. Ticsy r5 s c l tal' lvocr accia :1.eA:ses1: c
arist i. e rc secl " cc I ihes' ae l rt1 n ,u . , nl ie
sima £1s es>i' cc'li si l iil lIsbe
sit tis5 lese le Ac d cc cci ce- ccii _ 1 cael less
apis fIhib e ih ccv iii asset -5 and '_
laciditthe'feeltlnai Icbisee else i ia I u ccciiteciieSss
truh o lie' isicieg icic 0se ssus,'s 1 i.,,cusns a-easerl ehtem.
t t ill1' s tiiised Yalisp svia!t sas 'c
s'es'csj}Alie c isiciclI i sci i c l e vsilt
11asistos's lsec cci d lciIns - e Isecccl ;Ilass sluee si goesdi
tursnamiculyseestrioa eai cieIfeihe ir mevsitsly'of sees-
ececl lir a sesns ic"' eicnciccest itccis ehls c)istcause ice heeds
Sopsp landcccnstshie stier- isaveilisa ns cciir eaolhs-.Iii-.ingthcanc yp-
became' 'sbresatiecnglcth.bSuch rct Asl dcccaa ese
task oictabicatciosencoulleIcaesseethe' "ospel or ti ii atc;;sue a
about onseey I ricesic a talens t 5 sboed ciie'iili nit melnd be
mcyrisad fI eels Andi tie tacetlvof thcs; that it is belles toroectto
Faulkina5s1celeeec'est.a e sarin'yma's 5bc lost so sell 'aoetkncoas' ittca
isad--thesy somettime s seem to be tes hend s aleatitlencc ictheperisersison
moirrore d---ikt e es of ediamosesf501self-r its'utusss"
dazzlinobhineccly s ic e beriiancci ITie Scieeof GOxfordMississic-{
rays of lice sues piteas written mnuchcahbout GodsI
For iesarsilais made eccag- wayswardtwo-it ted cretures,
colils blossoms tllen tice swaltzieng but ice hc'senever assunmed lice om-
air of a suimmer's eaenincr'ec at-ecipteoce to demo ticem. Gftimes,
i'd ghosts thsat walk, ad lid base too, iepen has touched a begher
lice emotionsthat lurck ec ic e gulf ground, toeif heaveen is aplace
stream of lie human sout-enco- of manyecmanicsons, o is the ecrth.
lions of the kind that can plucek And it has been of thesvamrcancer
the reader's heart strinegs through of the mansiones earthly-the caste
the emotional chords from terror of racer and class-tbaI William
to estacy. Faulkner has sritten well acid
0oNE cannost re'ad Faulkner for sonietimoes masterfully,
very long withcout 'uffering the If he has done this ci a ,South-
ipainful awareness thcat here is a erncer, he has' not merely as sumed
aw'ie who, while sitting by licefive right to do it, because lieehas
'ayside puiffiog on his pipe, has been reared ina South crammed
made a deep -and lasting tudly of to overflowingswith earthly man-
the triumph and tragedy of the 'coot,
ratucres human, the race issue is not just a re-
And the re'sler eanoot Icy down mote "problem" in ticc South; it
.F'aulkicer book without the real- is a reality, and the caste of clas'
iration of having experienced is something into whirh on0 's
'omething not usually found in born, and usually remains, as a
ceations morta-a compassion of creature immoble. Clas' status in
that eare kind that exceeda the the South is not a thing to be pur-
nometimes petty bounidmines of s o- chased with tinge bank rolla and
called good and evil. For Faulkh- 'hiny Cadillacs in the market
ner is either be-atzed by the place. A man is more often 'udg-;

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