Although I am only a few chapters into Atonement, I just realized that the story is interesting for me to follow because the chapters are written through different people's perspectives, and although they do not always overlap, it is extremely helpful to know the thought process of different characters. I also like how there is no rhyme or reason so far to the order in which characters are in charge of chapters, for there is no pattern.
The Sound and the Fury was also written in sectioned chapters through different charaters points of view. The mother in both stories seems bed ridden and vacant most of the time, although in Atonement the mother is at least given a chapter (of what i have read so far) to explain her love for her children. And regardless of whether or not she is able to be with them all the time, it is obviously that she cares for them.
Had Mrs. Compson been given a chapter in SATF, would the way the family is portrayed been vastly different? Like Briony's mother, would we find out that Mrs. Compson is actually loving, too?
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