I am pretty sure that themes on which William Folkner focuses and takes as a basis of his masterpieces are definitely : love, honor, compassion, and sacrifice. First of all, there is a prompt in question that is put in quotation marks. Love and compassion are the points which always were in need for people's relationships and honor with sacrifice, as told by Folkner in many of his works, are connected to more global sphere of demand - they are universal issues.
Hey hun, they are 3 different meanings for Talons.
a claw, especially one belonging to a bird of prey.
the part of a bolt against which the key presses to slide it in a lock.
(in various card games) the cards that have not yet been dealt.
its orgin,
late Middle English (denoting any heel-like part or object): from Old French, literally ‘heel’, from Latintalus‘ankle bone, heel
Hope it helps
Stienbecks attitude toward the banks were with a sort of hatred/evil intent, he thought the banks were a "monster evil" taking away the farmers money, and making people greedy
Expressing the meaning of something by using different words which lead to better clarity
