Faces and Voices in Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! Essay -- Faulkner’s A

Faces and Voices in Faulkners Absalom, AbsalomWhile reading Absalom, Absalom I was amazed at the physique of times one of the narrators would refer to faces or voices as being redeem rather than to the people themselves. In nigh every chapter this synecdoche appears, reducing galore(postnominal) of the characters to images, shadows and memories. I think Faulkner uses this device to enhance the fact that the story is told from memory-- a great deal of it from the point of view of the characters childhoods.On page 184, Mr. Compson tells the story of young doubting Thomas Sutpens family life. He says he was just there, surrounded by the faces, almost all the faces which he had ever known. I think the fact that Sutpens father and sisters arent referred to as such but only by their faces says a lot about t...