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1、VIII.DrySeptember: WilliamFaulkner’sshortstory"DrySeptember"dealswithalynchingofablackman,WillMayes,wronglyaccusedofattackingawhitewoman,MinnieCooper.ButMayesisnottheonlyvictiminthisshortstory.MinnieCooperisalsoavictimin"DrySeptember."Minnieisasmuchavictimofthesocialstandardsandpracticesofsouthern
2、societyasWillieMayesis.?While"DrySeptember"mayseemtobejustastoryabouthowablackmaniswronglycondemnedtodeath,itisalsoaboutthemoralandsocialdemiseofawomanwhoisnolongervaluedinsociety.MinnieCooperlivesinasocietythathasnomoreplaceforoldmaidsthanithasforblackmen,andthatmakesherjustasmuchavictimasWillieMa
3、yes. Minniehadnochoicebuttocreatealiebecause,"Minnie’sworld,offeringnoalternatives,encouragedMinnietoconsentto,evencreate,herownvictimizationintheinterestsofconsolidatingwhitecontrol"?ThestructureofthestoryitselfpointstotheimportanceofMinnieCooper.Sheisdealtwithmoreinthetextof"DrySeptember"thanWil
4、lieMayesis."DrySeptember"isdividedupintofivesections.Thefirstsectiontakesplaceinthebarbershop,wherethemendecidetogetWilliebackfor"raping"Minnie.ThesecondsectiondealsdirectlywithMinnie,herlife,whatshedoes,andhowsheisbeingignoredbysociety.ThethirdsectiondealswiththelynchingofWillie.However,inthissect
5、ionWillie’sthoughtsandfeelingsarenotmadeknowntous.InsteadthereadersgetanaccountofwhathappensuptothepointwhereHawshawjumpsoutofthecar.ThefourthsectionagaindealswithMinnie,howsheisacting,whatsheiswearing,andhowpeopleacttowardher.ThefifthsectiondealswithMcLendonbeatinghiswife,whichnotonlymimicstheviol
6、entdeathofWillie,butalsosuggeststhehelplessnessandvulnerabilityofwomeninthiswhite,male-dominatedsociety. MinnieCooperclearlyisanimportantcharacterduetotheamountofmaterialwrittenabouther.Twofifthsofthestorydealdirectlywithher.OnlyonefifthofthestorydealsdirectlywithWillie,andinthatsectionhischaracte
7、risnotdevelopedatall.Minnieisavictiminthisstorybecausetherearetwosectionsofthestoryexplainingwhathercharacterislikeandwhysheis?sufferingsomuch.Minnieisavictimofhergender,whileWillieisavictimofhisrace.NoelPo
