I started Faulkner in the 10th grade, so I was about 16. My class was divided into groups of 5 and each group had to analyze "The Bear." Each person in the group had to take one chapter, and because I was the one who read all of the time, my group decided I should get Chapter 4 with all of the stream of consciousness stuff. I was fascinated by the emotional struggle of Ike and his reaction to his own history, so from that moment on, I was hooked.