i attempt , as we proceed north on highway 7 to byhalia , to refute what i contend is a gross exaggeration , but find myself thwarted as dr. evans proves that each work of literature that comes readily to mind the odyssey , hamlet , great expectation , the sound and the fury , a few icelandic family sagas , the ambassadors , slaughterhouse five , middlemarch , the great gatsby , jude the obscure , crime and punishment neatly fits into one of his four categories .