Faulkner was a modernist, historian and sociologist who wrote about socialist problems. His writings spoke about topics many people didn't feel comfortable about or even wanted to discuss. Faulkner writings always had a common idea or topic of history. He wrote about different races, backgrounds and social classes. Faulkner trained on British and Canadian bases so he took his experiences and put it on paper. Faulkner was well rounded with different cultures, so he looked into and approached the topic of slavery with full force. History about slavery, and what it meant to be a slave, the life style, the challenges and why our society accepted slavery. Faulkner tackled every history, society problem including different social classes, and how society treats individual in those classes, prime example is his short story "A Rose for Emily". He wrote about how he wanted to change History and move forward. He used different narrators in his short stories and plays to portray individuals in History and what was the past, present and what he wants to see in the future. Faulkner looked in a discussed social class issues in great detail because he saw how his family and himself were treated verse other families just based on income. Faulkner wanted his readers to understand and look back at history and see where we came from and where we were going.
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