The Sound and the Fury Race Quotes Page 1
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
| Quote #1 "White folks gives nigger money because know first white man comes along with a band going to get it all back, so nigger can go to work for some more." (1.146) |
Luster’s obsession with the circus is an ironic – if apt – example of this. The fact that anonymous black characters voice this sentiment might suggest that it’s actually a general observation of Faulkner’s.
| Quote #2 "Oh." Caddy said. "That's niggers. White folks dont have funerals." |
Frony’s comments set death as the final point of equality for all people (it’s also a strange foreshadowing of Quentin’s obsession with his shadow dying before he does).
| Quote #3 I admire Maury. He is invaluable to my own sense of racial superiority. I wouldn't swap Maury for a matched team. (1.561) |
OK, Mr. Compson’s obviously being a bit ironic here. Maury is precisely the character who disproves any theories of racial superiority…he’s a complete loser. Mr. Compson suggests this by refusing to swap Maury for a "matched team" – a pair of horses. Your brother-in-law for a horse? Now that’s a fair trade. At least, he sort of thinks so.
