Forgive me for being a little old fashioned, but there were numerous times throughout the semester that I struggled with the Yoknapedia entries. Writing and doing the research was, at times, quite enjoyable but if I don’t have to submit a paper copy I forget to do the work. It’s not an excuse, obviously, but at times the ability to continuously edit helped fuel my unhealthy procrastination. Writing my entries and reading other student’s entries was enormously helpful in understanding the work of William Faulkner, that’s for sure. He’s a complicated fellow that Mr. Faulkner and accumulating research is a clever strategy for approaching such dense writing. Writing the long entry was an interesting experience, I had not realized prior to my research the endless connections between the novels. One book growing on the binds of the next, like moss covering a tree in green. Conceptually, I wouldn’t have necessarily thought characters were bound by similar identities, but apparently Christmas and Benjy are more similar than different. I enjoyed writing the short entries the most, not because they were short, but because I had to analyze details that I would have easily read over. There are so many hidden gems in Faulkner’s novels, and it would be unwise not to brush off and enjoy some pretty rocks. Too many to count, but just enough. I wouldn’t even complain about writing more than three, but I’m saying this in hindsight.