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Light in August
William Faulkner
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Summary
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Summary and Analysis
Chapters 1–2
Chapters 3–4
Chapters 5–6
Chapters 7–8
Chapters 9–11
Chapters 12–13
Chapters 14–15
Chapters 16–17
Chapters 18–19
Chapters 20–21
Characters
Character List
Joe Christmas
Lena Grove
Reverend Gail Hightower
Byron Bunch
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
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Important Quotes Explained
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Chapters 1-2
Chapters 3-4
Chapters 5-6
Chapters 7-8
Chapters 9-11
Chapters 12-13
Chapters 14-15
Chapters 16-17
Chapters 18-19
Chapters 20-21
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Analysis of Major Characters Quiz
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What does Christmas remain throughout the novel?
An everyman
Inscrutable
The moral center
A free spirit
2
of 5
What does Christmas lack above all?
Money
Aloofness
Impulse to cruelty
An identity
3
of 5
Lena can be seen as a simple embodiment of ___.
The novel's antagonist
The novel's moral centre
The novel's life force
The novel's religiosity
4
of 5
Through the figure of Hightower, ___ becomes a living entity that is never escaped or left behind.
The past
Emotions
Science
God
5
of 5
Byron's life is designed around the avoidance of ___.
Work
Entanglement
Omens
The South
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