Southern Racial Inequality in Faulkner’s Go Down, Moses Essay -- Faulk

Southern Racial Inequality in Faulkners Go Down, MosesAll the stories in Go Down, Moses had a common thread the McCaslin family. One theme, however, stood out from the rest for lacking a McCaslin main character. This story was, of course, Pantaloon in Black. At first, I thought this story of grief was almost a beautiful love story. When Rider lost his wife and first love, he was so grief-stricken he didnt tear down care to live. However, the conclusion on the story took any beauty out of this tragedy. The matter-of-fact room the deputy tells his wife the story, and the even more apathetic way that she accepts/ignores it, was Faulkners way of reminding us of the racial inequality in the South. Waiting until the end of the story to throw at the reader the key to the story is common of Faulkner. We saw him waiting to shock us at the end of Sanctuary with the circumstances of Popeyes life. He waited until near the end of Absalom, Absalom to put together each the pieces of that puzzl e. While the reader didnt find out any shocking news at the end of Pantaloon in Black, we were...