![]() Through, fictional towns and characters, Faulkner makes the readers realize of this biasness and compels the readers to think about it. White people have been asserting their dominance over the black people by legal and social means. Through the characters, Faulkner makes the readers realise that racism was not just a societal oppression of an entire race but also a physical and emotional breakdown of their innocent minds. ![]() His most famous pieces of literature like The Sound and The Fury (1929), As I Lay Dying (1930), Light in August (1932), and Absalom, Absalom (1936) talk about this racial segregation and discrimination. And while most people brushed this topic under the carpet, Faulkner was brave to have come out and talk about it through the medium of his novels. Salvery which was officially abolished in society continued to take place in the American society. ![]() Faulkner himself was a white man but he realised and understood the sufferings of black people, showing how empathetic he was. The recurring theme in most of his novels was of the racial divide in the American society. William Faulkner was a great American novelist who had published a prolific amount of short stories, novels and columns.
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