If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem

Comprised of two inter-woven stories, William Faulkner’s If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem (also referred to as The Wild Palms) explores the nature of a relationship between a man and a woman. In The Wild Palms, the thoughtful and young Harry Wilbourne meets and falls in love with a married woman—the beautiful and passionate Charlotte Rittenmeyer. Though their relationship is under constant strain from Charlotte’s marriage, their lack of money, and the couple’s changing dynamic, the two remain fiercely loyal to one another during their brief time together. In The Old Man a convict tasked with rescue a pregnant woman who has become caught in a tree after the Mississippi River floods. As the convict rescues the woman, the pair are washed away downstream and must struggle back up-river together.

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