Published in 1929, The Sound and the Fury was Faulkner's fourth novel.
The novel centers around the Compson family, former Southern aristocrats who are struggling to deal with the dissolution of their family and its reputation.
Shortly before Quentin leaves for Harvard, Caddy becomes pregnant by a lover she is unable to identify, most likely Dalton Ames, a local Jefferson boy.
Like much of Faulkner's work, The Sound and the Fury is set in Jefferson, Mississippi.
Luster leads Benjy to a nearby golf course, hoping to earn back his lost quarter by fetching lost golf balls from the rough.
Benjy's castration can be seen as a powerful symbol of the death of a family line.
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