When William Faulkner first published his novel, The Sound and the Fury, in 1929, it was not only heavily criticized, but also highly experimental. Faulkner pioneered literary modernism by completely abandoning more traditional forms and structures of writing. Faulkner's structure behind the structure of The Sound and the Fury can be seen in the way he divided the book into four segments. Because each segment is told from a different character's point of view, the story branches and many details are revealed, including the different ways each Compson brother interacts with time. In his novel, The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner uses techniques such as multiple narrators, stream of consciousness narrative, shifts between the present and the past, and does not present a clear chronological order in his plot, in order to establish that time is not a constant or objective being, but who interacts with each Compson brother differently. Faulkner first presents an image of time through the character Benjy in “April Seventh, 1928.” Benjy's interpretation of time stems from his inability to distinguish between the past and the present. The connections Benjy makes between the time differences allow him to see past the Compson family's obsession with their former greatness, and instead Benjy recognizes the family's self-destruction. Faulkner illustrates Benjy's connections by using a stream-of-consciousness narrative to portray all events, in "April 7, 1928," in the present, regardless of when they occurred. Although the events that occurred in the present are insignificant and rather confusing to follow, they evoke memories in Benjy that prove important and enlightening to the reader. Halfway down the page in his novel, The Sound and the Fury, he was attempting a difficult and complicated task. However, through the use of literary devices completely unknown at the time, Faulkner managed to represent time as an inconstant and wavering force. The subjectivity of time became evident throughout the novel as Faulkner used the three Compson brothers, Benjy, Quentin, and Jason to show the effect time can have on a person as they grow and interact with them individually. In his novel, The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner uses a four-section structure and techniques such as multiple narrators, stream-of-consciousness narrative, and shifts between present and past to show that while time interacted with each Compson brother separately, it had a completely different effect on them individually and how it affected their lives.