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Introduction

The subsequent sections, narrated by Quentin (June 2, 1910) and Jason (April 6, 1928), offer contrasting responses to the same loss. Quentin, the Harvard-bound brother, is obsessed with abstract honor and the Southern myth of virginity. His section is a stream-of-consciousness fever dream about incest, suicide, and the broken watch he inherits from his father. He conflates Caddy’s sin with the fall of the South. Jason, by contrast, is pure materialist resentment. He loses Caddy’s daughter (Miss Quentin) and his stolen money in a final, farcical chase. Where Quentin drowns himself, Jason becomes a petty tyrant. The two represent the South’s twin pathologies: romantic self-destruction and bitter, pragmatic cruelty. l-urlo e il furore faulkner pdf 16

The fourth section (April 8, 1928), narrated in third person, shifts focus to the Black servant Dilsey. For decades, critics underestimated her role. Dilsey is not a passive saint; she is the only character who imposes narrative order on chaos. She takes Benjy to the “colored” Easter service, where he finally stops moaning. The novel’s last line—“They endured”—is often quoted, but the more important line comes earlier: “I’ve seed de first en de last.” Dilsey has witnessed the Compsons’ fall from a position of moral clarity that the white characters cannot access. Her endurance is not forgiveness; it is survival. He conflates Caddy’s sin with the fall of the South