Part one of term paper
The story “Dry September”, by William Faulkner is at its core, a story about ideology. Ideology, being defined as the “system of interlinked ideas, symbols, and beliefs by which a culture seeks to justify and perpetuate itself,”(Bercovitch 635) is the impetus behind all the action in “Dry September.” The beliefs and assumptions ...

Part two of term paper
... whose presence is always felt. It is my thesis that by the actions of the main characters, secondary characters, and the narrator himself Faulkner crafts a story about the complex and powerful function of ideology in a culture. It is also my belief that this treatment of ideology in “Dry September” extends around the reader, making the reader aware of his or her own ideological responses to the story. The Ideology This first section of the paper will serve as an introduction to an ideological ...