Presentation on William Faulkner's "That Evening Sun Go Down"

Hello everyone,

As you might be aware of, next Wednesday we are presenting Faulkner's short story "That Evening Sun Go Down" (later versions lost the "Go Down" in the title).

Here are some topics and questions we'd like you to think about.

- How is race depicted in the short story?

- How do the kids in the story see race?

- How does Faulkner himself see race? Is there any connection between the author and Quentin's character?

- The short story seems to explore the aspect of fear recurrently, how important is this to the overall theme of racial relations that Faulkner is presenting us?

- What's your opinion on the ending?


Agnese Fontana, Gustavo Santos, Vítor Gomes