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Here's the link to the first short story we will be reading together.

https://www.pf.jcu.cz/stru/katedry/aj/doc/sukdolova/William_Faulkner.pdf

Here are the class notes:

DRY SEPTEMBER  (1931)

Part I

Where? South of the US, Barber shop

Mood? Tense; anger; argumentative; violent; drought

Who? Barber; clients; another Barber; McLendon

"No," the barber said. "She's about forty, I reckon. She aint married. That's why I dont believe--"

"It's this durn weather," another said. "It's enough to make a man do anything. Even to her."

"Well, by God!" the youth said. He looked about with a strained, baffled gaze, as if he was trying to remember what it was he wanted to say or to do. He drew his sleeve across his sweating face. "Damn if I'm going to let a white woman--"

"Did it really happen?" a third said. "This aint the first man scare she ever had, like Hawkshaw says. Wasn't there something about a man on the kitchen roof, watching her undress, about a year ago?"

McLendon whirled on the third speaker. "Happen? What the hell difference does it make? Are you going to let the black sons get away with it until one really does it?"

Part II

Where? Jefferson

When? Minnie’s past (teenage years) – Minnie’s present (adulthood)

Mood? Nostalgic – sad – loneliness

Who? Minnie – her relatives – her “friends” – her friends’ children – bank clerk – the town

Themes: male chauvinism – marriage – reproducing – loneliness – fake appearances – keeping up appearances

Part III

Images: Lifeless air – spent dust – wan hemorrhage of the moon – (…) “the day had died in a pall of dust” –

"Goddamn, he stinks!" the soldier said.

"We'll fix that," the drummer in front beside McLendon said. On the running board Butch cursed into the hot rush of air. The barber leaned suddenly forward and touched McLendon's arm.

Symbols: dust – red – moon