Light in August
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21
Themes
All Themes Race, Gender, and Transgression Freedom, Discipline, and Violence Names and Identity Strangers, Outcasts, and Belonging Haunting and the Past
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Joe Christmas Lena Grove Lucas Burch / Joe Brown Byron Bunch Joanna Burden Rev. Gail Hightower Mr. Hines / The Janitor Mrs. Hines Bobbie Mrs. Hightower Calvin Burden, Sr.
Symbols
All Symbols Joanna’s House
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allegory Alliteration Allusions Dialect Dramatic Irony Flashbacks Foil Foreshadowing Frame Story Genre Hyperbole Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Paradox Personification Satire Setting Similes Situational Irony Stream of Consciousness Style Tone Verbal Irony
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by William Faulkner
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