99,000 Essays & Term Papers: Where You Buy Essays and Papers Online
Direct Essays, Where You Can Buy Essays and Papers Online

Instant Access to Buy Essays and Papers Online!
Acceptable Use Policy
Customer Service
Site Search


Login to View Essays and Papers Online

Join Now - Instant Access to Essays and Research Papers!

  Essay and Research Paper Topics
Acceptance Essays
Arts Essays
Custom Essays
English Literature Essays
Foreign
History Essays
Miscellaneous Research Papers and Essays
Movie Essays and Papers
Music Term Papers
Novels
People and Biography Research Papers
Politics Research Papers
Religion Research Papers
Science Essay Topics
Sports Research Papers
Technology Research Papers
 
  FAQ
Technical Support
Site Map
Direct Essays
 

 



Welcome to Direct Essays

This is a short summary of this paper!

Already a member? Go here to log in and view the entire paper!


Join Now!
by: Credit Card
Join Now!
by: Online Check
Join Now!
by: Phone 1-900
Special! View this paper for FREE!
  

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


story in a comic light simply through his words right from the introductory paragraph. For example, the audience is introduced immediately with a casual "Yes, sir. Flem Snopes has filled that whole country full of spotted horses. You can hear folks running them all day and night, whooping and hollering, and the horses running back and forth across those little wooden bridges ever now and then kind of like thunder." (349) In contrast, "Mule in the Yard" is told in the objective viewpoint. With this type of information, the reader can only observe what is seen and heard. Therefore, it follows that the reader must infer everything about the characters and their motivations from only their actions and dialogue. Faulkner weaves humor into the story through the distinct dialogue and ironic situations that occur in "Mule in the Yard". For example, in the opening scene, Mrs. Hait and old Het are chasing a mule out of their yard. If the reader imagines the scene that Faulkner writes about with "...old Het...waving a shopping bag. [Yelling] 'Hoo!' [As] Mrs. Hait whirled. Again she skidded savagely on the greasy planks as she and the mule rushed parallel with one another..." (364), there is definitely humor within it. Yet, the humor is not as effective as it is in "Spotted Horses" where it is a part of the entire tone of the story, not only in the situations but also with the interior involvement of the narrator and his interaction with the characters.

This different character development can be seen in examination of the character that the two stories have in common, I.O. Snopes. In "Mule in the Yard", the objective narrator shows us I.O. Snopes by describing him as "a squat, pasty man perennially tieless and with a stained, harried expression" (365) who buys unruly mules from Memphis and brings them to the town where Mrs. Hait and old Het live, where they constantly get loose. While this descrip

Some common words found in the essay are:
Spotted Horses, Mule Yard, Hait Het, Henry Armstid, IO Snopes, Snopes Varner's, Miz Mannie, Flem Snopes, spotted horses, William Faulkner, mule yard, Faulkner Despite, io snopes, spotted horses mule, horses mule yard, horses mule, narrator spotted horses, narrative style, narrator spotted, characters mule, characters mule yard, stories william, faulkner weaves humor, effective spotted, faulkner weaves,
Approximate Word count = 1292
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)


  

Special! View this paper for FREE!
Click here to JoinNow!
by: Credit Card
Click here to Join Now!
by: Online Check
Click here to Join Now!
by: Phone 1-900

 

All papers and essays are for research and reference purposes only!
Copyright 2002-2009 Direct Essays , LLC. All Rights Reserved. DMCA
Webmasters make $$$$
Saved Papers