Light In August
Throughout William Faulkner’s novel Light in August, the main character Joe Christmas is portrayed as a Christ figure. There are many similarities between the two. Most of the similarities are subtly mentioned, but there is some obvious resemblance as well. For example, Joe Christmas and Jesus Christ both have the initials J.C. Also, both Christ and Joe Christmas were killed when they were 33 years old. The likeness of the two is a large part of one of the apparent themes of the novel – religious fanaticism. By portraying Joe Christmas as a Christ figure, Faulkner portrays him as the victim in the novel. Joe Christmas’ appearance is much like that of Christ. Jesus Christ was from the Middle East and most likely had darker colored skin. Christmas too had a darker colored skin, having partial African-American heritage. Being the son of a carpenter, Jesus did not have much money and dressed in low quality clothing. Joe Christmas also dressed in clothing like this. He is first described at the planing mill as, “He looked like a tramp, yet not like a tramp either. His shoes were dusty and his trousers were soi
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Approximate Word count = 758
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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