I started to stand in their shoes. They were both successful deaf people who had come to accept their deafness as an irreplaceable part of their existence, and they were members of a proud deaf community that celebrated deaf culture. Their reservations about putting Heather through the procedure were not to prohibit Heather from the hearing world. Rather, they aimed to ensure that Heather could stay connected to the deaf world…which they loved dearly. The Artinian family’s love of deaf culture was clearly illustrated when they attended the picnic for deaf people help by the local deaf school. It was this scene when my earlier misunderstanding about The Sound and the Fury impacted my reception of the film. Before watching the film, I knew that The Sound and the Fury was a piece of southern gothic literature. Southern gothic literature is an examination of the American South in the early 20th century and consequently shows the decline and decay of pre-Civil War southern aristocratic society. Therefore, I often connect this decline to the southern gothic genre as a whole. While the Artinian family was attending the picnic for the deaf, many members of the community vehemently argued against cochlear implants for fear they would lead to the demise of deaf culture. This