Although the protagonist relinquishes his inheritance to break from a cycle of ownership that he believes has cursed the land, this story ends with Boon Hogganback screaming that he owns a group of squirrels.
This story's main character discards his "tainted" watch and compass at the end of its first section, and learns in part four that his grandfather's incest caused Eunice to drown herself. Although the protagonist relinquishes his inheritance to break from a cycle of ownership that he believes has cursed the land, this story ends with Boon Hogganback screaming that he owns a group of squirrels. In part two, the enormous dog Lion is trained to kill the title creature when Major de Spain accuses it of destroying his property, leading to the death of Sam Fathers. Beginning with the introduction of Ike McCaslin into the wilderness, FTP, name this section of Go Down, Moses about the annual hunt for the title animal, written by William Faulkner.
This story's main character discards his "tainted" watch and compass at the end of its first section, and learns in part four that his grandfather's incest caused Eunice to drown herself.
“The {Bear}”