Proportions and Child-Like Observations

In Faulkner's The Unvanquished we are introduced to John through his son's, Bayard, eyes. Bayard tells of his father's stature, "He was not big; it was the just the things he did, that we knew he was doing, had been doing in Virgina and Tennessee, that made him big to us."

I like this quote because I remember people who seem larger than life. I am only in the first chapter, and I worry that Bayard will come to the inevitable conclusion, that his father is merely life-sized. This is usually a coming of age theme, if in fact this is a coming of age story, but it is usually a sad event, and I am already attached and caring for Bayard.

I also am please with the Faulkner's use of repetition, the "...things he did, the we knew he was doing, had been doing..." is suggestive of the bigness of John.

If you have read this book please post your thoughts about this quote, but as I am only in the first chapter, please don't give me the ending.

Again I am thinking of the , "things he did,..knew he was doing, had been doing...".