Light in August by William Fau
In the novel by William Faulkner, “Light in August” there is alienation in the novel.
The alienation occurs with Joe Christmas. He is a stranger that comes into the town of
Jefferson with a unkonwn past. Prior to his arrival, he went under the name of Lucas
Burch. Whne Joe Christmas arrives at Jefferson, he alienates himeself from almost
everybody for about 2 years. His past has taught him to do so, with all the bad …
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…the characters in that he is the only one who
insists on unifying the forces rather than accepting, indeed depending upon, their
separation" on page 13. His attempts to unify the social and moral categories upon which
the society of Jefferson is built earn him the violent rejection by that society, black and
white which leaved him with no place to go. Thus Christmas is murdered by a society
because his existence challenges its very foundations.
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