The fixation of Old Ben doesnt just resinate with the main character but with me as well. The young hunter gives up all material things on page 198 to be closer to Old Ben and is compeled to find him through the hidden pathways of the forest. My favorite part is where he becomes frantic and is unsure of where he is. Faulkner constructs the sentences to be hurried and uses imagery to not only showcase how the character feels but gets the readers heart beating a little faster. Then when Old Ben appears everything seems to stand still. What could have been no more than a minute felt like a hour with the word choice such as immobile, dimesionless and faded. Old Ben is pictured as a gentle spirit, a normal bear strolling its way through the wilderness. Its like the calm before the storm as we know that there are vicious encounters with Old Ben. Though this moment encaptures a hidden connection that lies deeper than the hunt.
I posted on Racheal's blog.
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