In this blog, we're supposed to say how we remember stuff and also talk about how reliable the memories recalled by the characters are in The Sound and the Fury. Myself, I tend to remember words better. Particularly if I repeat them to myself several times, as well as if I write them down.
My guess is that the characters memories in The Sound and the Fury are probably somewhat less than accurate. The fact is, most of the memories they recall are from the fairly distant past, which definitely lessens the accuracy of the memories. If they were more recent, they'd be more accurate. Also, memories are subjective. Two people could be recalling the exact same event, and said memory could be nearly unrecognizable as one and the same.
Exactly it is the way the person interprets the memory and that is why these characters can't be reliable because there are four people talking about their memories. These people are completely different telling the story in their own point-of-view.
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