Jason's Section; April 6th, 1928:
In this section, Faulkner attempts to make us want to hate Jason's character and we absolutely should. Right off the bat he has an offensive remark on Miss Quentin. He seems to mistreat her greatly through excessive discipline. He even eventually gives Quentin ten out of the fifty dollars that Caddy had sent by tricking her into signing off. He is very cunning and smart in getting what he wants. He seems to have an absence of sypathy or selflessness towards others. Even when he was a child he use to snitch on his brothers and sisters. There is even that one time where he cut up Benjy's paper dolls with no reason to. Unlike Quentin, Jason does not put up with Benjy or the others since he is the only "sane" one in the family.
Jason had always been the favorite child in the Compson family. Especially from his mother since she thought him and Uncle Maury were the only last good Compsons after Mr. Compson passed away. Quentin was also one since he was a really big hope for the family who had gone to Harvard but as we know did not follow through. That education could have been his which may explain is rudeness. Now he must be the breadwinner for the Compsons since Caddy is gone and he is the last Compson child in the house besides Benjy.
This family is now an embarassement to the whole town. Since Caddy got married and was pregnant and then left. Quentin had committed suicide. Benjy sacrifices his innocence for the rest. I think this has caused him to think he is superior over the rest and makes him greedy and mischievous.
There may be reason as to why Jason mistreets his niece so much. It may be due to Caddy who was the "fallen" women and that has passed on to the daughter. He tells her that she is an embarrasment like her mother. He attempts to discipline her and threaten her because he thinks she will be very rebellious and sneaky like Caddy. We eventually see that that is exactly the case when she was suppose to go to school but instead sneaks away to the man with the red tie and suit. Jason just wants to keep the pride and respect in the family. Even though he tries he fails to do it himself. I think that he has reason to act the way he does to some extent. He needs to be the replacement to the wise Mr. Compson.
Jason had always been the favorite child in the Compson family. Especially from his mother since she thought him and Uncle Maury were the only last good Compsons after Mr. Compson passed away. Quentin was also one since he was a really big hope for the family who had gone to Harvard but as we know did not follow through. That education could have been his which may explain is rudeness. Now he must be the breadwinner for the Compsons since Caddy is gone and he is the last Compson child in the house besides Benjy.
This family is now an embarassement to the whole town. Since Caddy got married and was pregnant and then left. Quentin had committed suicide. Benjy sacrifices his innocence for the rest. I think this has caused him to think he is superior over the rest and makes him greedy and mischievous.
There may be reason as to why Jason mistreets his niece so much. It may be due to Caddy who was the "fallen" women and that has passed on to the daughter. He tells her that she is an embarrasment like her mother. He attempts to discipline her and threaten her because he thinks she will be very rebellious and sneaky like Caddy. We eventually see that that is exactly the case when she was suppose to go to school but instead sneaks away to the man with the red tie and suit. Jason just wants to keep the pride and respect in the family. Even though he tries he fails to do it himself. I think that he has reason to act the way he does to some extent. He needs to be the replacement to the wise Mr. Compson.
It is ironic that Jason has the only 1st person narrative in this novel that is written in a sane chronological. However, the way he treats people and views the world is the most insane out of all the characters.
ReplyDeleteI think your blog was very good. The Jason chapter is one that is very depressing to read. The whole family dynamic is off and weird. In addition, I liked how you talked about his relationship with Ms. Compson too.
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