William Faulkners Spotted Horses and Mule in the Yard
“Spotted Horses” and “Mule in the Yard” are two short stories by William Faulkner that deal with comedic animal chases. Although both provide entertaining examples of Faulkner’s work in very similar settings, on the scale of literary value, “Spotted Horses” rises above “Mule in the Yard” in depth and insight. This superiority is result of both it’s narrative style and character development, which causes “Spotted Horses” to produce an overall more powerful effect than “Mule in the Yard”. The most notable and important difference between the two stories is the contrasting narrative style. In “Spotted Horses”, the story is told in first person point of view by a narrator who observes the major events of the story but is involved in only a minor fashion. His narration provides the audience with a look at the town and it’s inhabitants through the eyes of someone living in the county of Mississippi. This adds a realistic dimension to the image of the story. It is also through this narrative style that Faulkner weaves humor into “Spotted Horses”. The narrator shows the
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
Spotted Horses, Mule Yard, IO Snopes, Henry Armstid, Snopes Varners, Hait Het, Miz Mannie, Flem Snopes, spotted horses, Hoo Hait, William Faulkner, mule yard, io snopes, spotted horses mule, horses mule yard, horses mule, narrator spotted horses, narrative style, narrator spotted, faulkner weaves, characters mule yard, stories william, faulkner weaves humor, weaves humor, particularly effective,
Approximate Word count = 1292
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
