sexual tension between Quentin and his sister, and he is very possessive of her sexuality and “honor.” His obsession with Caddy's virginity symbolizes his longing to have something pure and unspoiled to believe in.
Moonlight, the recipient of the 2017 Academy Award for Best Picture directed by Barry Jenkins, is another contemporary southern coming-of-age story following the life of main character, Chiron. The film is separated in three parts for each era of his life, “Little,” “Chiron,” and “Black.” They portray his childhood, teenage years, and adulthood respectively, each with large gaps of time not shown or explained between each part. This technique reminded me of the gaps readers must fill in Absalom, Absalom! and The Sound and the Fury. …show more content…
of 1936. Henry and Chiron were both born into the socials binds of the South and struggle with their identity. To begin, Henry is not a true Sutpen; he is more like the Coldfield family due to his romanticism and delicate sensibility. Similarly, Chiron is raised and cared for more by Juan and Teresa than by his own blood-related mother. Henry lives a deprived life, suppressing his sexuality and love for his biracial stepbrother Charles Bon, which eventually reaches a boiling point and leads him to murder Charles. Although Chiron does not go as far as killing a man, he does reach a similar life-altering boiling point in Moonlight when he hits Terrel with a …show more content…
Whereas Jewel seems to care more about his horse than his family members, it is Skeetah’s pit bull China he loves with endless devotion. Both brothers buy their respective animal with their own money, and pride themselves in what good caretakers they are. Jewel is adamant that his horse will never eat any of his father’s hay, just as Skeetah spends the money for hurricane supplies on expensive, brand-name dog food for China. Both animals symbolize motherhood in multiple ways. Jewel’s love for his horse mirrors the way he feels about his mother, Addie. Both unspoken, emotional bonds are ill-understood by outsiders. For example, the Bundren’s family doctor, Peabody, believes Jewel treats his mother as nothing but a “pack-horse.” Ironically, Jewel intensely loves both beings. Skeetah’s dog, China, becomes a mother herself, unfortunately becoming the only mother in Esch’s life. In the middle of the novel, China kills one of her puppies and Esch wonders, “If she could speak, this is what I would ask her: Is this what motherhood is?” (Ward, 130). China is all Esch has to look to in terms of
Moonlight, the recipient of the 2017 Academy Award for Best Picture directed by Barry Jenkins, is another contemporary southern coming-of-age story following the life of main character, Chiron. The film is separated in three parts for each era of his life, “Little,” “Chiron,” and “Black.” They portray his childhood, teenage years, and adulthood respectively, each with large gaps of time not shown or explained between each part. This technique reminded me of the gaps readers must fill in Absalom, Absalom! and The Sound and the Fury. …show more content…
of 1936. Henry and Chiron were both born into the socials binds of the South and struggle with their identity. To begin, Henry is not a true Sutpen; he is more like the Coldfield family due to his romanticism and delicate sensibility. Similarly, Chiron is raised and cared for more by Juan and Teresa than by his own blood-related mother. Henry lives a deprived life, suppressing his sexuality and love for his biracial stepbrother Charles Bon, which eventually reaches a boiling point and leads him to murder Charles. Although Chiron does not go as far as killing a man, he does reach a similar life-altering boiling point in Moonlight when he hits Terrel with a …show more content…
Whereas Jewel seems to care more about his horse than his family members, it is Skeetah’s pit bull China he loves with endless devotion. Both brothers buy their respective animal with their own money, and pride themselves in what good caretakers they are. Jewel is adamant that his horse will never eat any of his father’s hay, just as Skeetah spends the money for hurricane supplies on expensive, brand-name dog food for China. Both animals symbolize motherhood in multiple ways. Jewel’s love for his horse mirrors the way he feels about his mother, Addie. Both unspoken, emotional bonds are ill-understood by outsiders. For example, the Bundren’s family doctor, Peabody, believes Jewel treats his mother as nothing but a “pack-horse.” Ironically, Jewel intensely loves both beings. Skeetah’s dog, China, becomes a mother herself, unfortunately becoming the only mother in Esch’s life. In the middle of the novel, China kills one of her puppies and Esch wonders, “If she could speak, this is what I would ask her: Is this what motherhood is?” (Ward, 130). China is all Esch has to look to in terms of