ic way of identifying himself, he gives detailed descriptions of events in his narratives but seldom does he have any apparent emotional attachment to these events. Perhaps in this way, the two binaries, time and space, become a blur in his mind. Time is not linear for Darl but rather circular and looping, flowing backwards and destined to repeat itself (McKee, 590). From Darl's perspective, "the road vanishes beneath the wagon as though it were a ribbon, and the front axle were a spool " (Faulkner, 90). The image of a ribbon creates a picture of fluid motion and looping repetition. It implies fate, for man is powerless in its authority to destine lives.
             The image of the circle is prominent in the novel. Within a circle, space and time are intertwined and suspended in a moment of give-or-take relation. Vardaman sees the horses for example
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