Faulkner

William Faulkner was a remarkable story teller, with an abundance of novels and the Nobel Prize to prove it. Growing up in old southern family, Faulkner never failed to incorporate his past into his writing, often basing characters of family members such as his great grandfather. Faulkner repeatedly emphasized his home of the South, as all but three of his novels are set in Yokhaparawpua, the fictional county created by Faulkner and inspired by Lafayette County, Mississippi. It's interesting to me Faulkner would create his own setting to reuse throughout his literature, and adds to his uniqueness as a writer.
Faulkner continues the trend of failing among geniuses, as he never graduated high school. Faulkner often would refer to himself as a "failed poet", and as I went along my research a quote of his stuck out to me, "I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, find he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then can he take up novel writing."
 I've concluded Faulkner's past influenced him immensely in more ways than one, as he is passionate about his Southern roots and the way he grew up, and is quoted, "the past is never dead. It's not even the past." Which is interesting because The Sound and the Fury is constantly challenging the perception of time as the timeframe is frequently switching back and forth. Literary elements such as this really makes Faulkner's writing stand out to me. What is Faulkner's purpose in writing in such shifts of time, and why did Faulkner chose Benjy to introduce the novel?
William Faulkner was a remarkable man, who leaves behind remarkable works of literature to continue his legacy.