He received a noble prize for his literature in 1949. Faulkner began his career as a poet instead of a fiction writer. As a young man he wanted to join the military but like Hemingway he was rejected. Instead he ventured to Canada and by that time it was too late. He published many works in his time and is now a topic in every American Literature classroom.
In the short story "That Evening Sun" we see the story from two different points of view. Quentin tells his story from the view of a 24 year old and then he tells the story from how he remembers as a nine year old. His mother and father have a maid by the name of Nancy. She is very afraid of her husband Jesus. She is convinced that he is going to kill her. She begs night after night for people to walk her home so she does not have to be in the dark. She thinks he is waiting with a razor blade ready to slice her throat open. It gets so bad that she even wants to stay the night and begs the children to come and stay with her. The children are so young that even though they here what the situation is, they do not understand it. They are not really concerned with her situation but more concerned with what they wont have if she dies. They dont really undertsand death.
Nancy and Jesus had a very rocky relationship. I am assuming their were many reasons. It was mentioned how she was always around the white men and it was infered that she was pregnant by one. The "watermelon" under her dress was indeed a baby. This story portrayed the severe inequalites between black and white people. How the white people view the black people and their horrible perception of people of color.
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