Portrayal Of African American characters in The Sound and The Fury

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of forming a concrete view of African American. For example when he tells us that 'Versh smelled like rain. He smelled like a dog too' (68), we notice that he is not calling Versh a dog because the former happens to be a black but simply because that was an observation that Benjy made with his few working senses. It is important to understand that Benjy's section is primarily a section where the black figures are introduced to the readers and there are few if any proper views that can be extracted out of this particular section.

It is in the Quentin, Jason and the last section that help us better understand the various perspectives of African American people. Faulkner has tried not to control his racist streak on most occasions but we must give him credit for presenting a range of views on blacks that probably reflecting the varying views that were circulating in those days of Southern decline. In Quentin section, we meet an intelligent person whose views on blacks are important ...

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the Deacon, all over. Talk about your natural psychologists. They said he hadn't missed a train at the beginning of school in forty years, and that he could pick out a Southerner with one glance. He never missed, and once he had heard you speak, he could name your state. He had a regular uniform he met trains in, a sort of Uncle Tom's cabin outfit, patches and all. (110)

Deacon is a dark figure in the novel for he is not what he seems. Quentin can see that there is something strange about this person who is always loyal and kind but only to satisfy his own ends. Even though he can speak perfect standard English, he quickly changes his dialect when talking to his white masters who to ...

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