A Study of the Origins of Evil'...a man's future is inherent in that man...' Faulkner's Light in August is a metaphor. In fact it is many metaphors, almost infinitely many. It is a jumble of allusions, themes, portraits, all of them uniquely important, many of them totally unrelated. In fact no 20th century writer has even approached the sheer quantity of symbolism Faulkner packed into every page, with, perhaps, the exception of James …showed first 75 words of 1194 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1194 total…to succumb to the 'absurdity that Faulkner finds in human life' (Satre, p.198).          Works Cited Faulkner, William. Light in August. New York: Vintage Books, 1987         pp. 3-228. Blotner, Jospeh. Faulkner in the University, Class Conferences at The University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1959         p. 139. Gold, Joseph. William Faulkner: A Study in Humanism From Metaphor to Discourse. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1966         pp. 41-42 Reed, Joseph. Faulkner's Narrative. New Haven: Yale University         Press, 1973         p. 123