The three Compson sons living in this bleak, depressed household are the idealistic Quentin, the fast-paced, miserly Jason, and the retarded "baby" of the family Benjy (Brooks 44). ... Compson and his son Quentin. ... Upon giving the watch to Quentin, Mr. ... Compson tells Quentin that he is "second-hand" and subsequently "a copy of a copy" (85). ... Quentin is the representation of the present. ...
The next narrator Faulkner introduces to the reader is Quentin's own father. ... Compson. ... Compson as an objective narrator because he also brings his biases into the story. ... Compson gives the reader another view of this man, so as to question what one is being told. ... Quentin goes off to Harvard and is roomed up with a man from Canada named Shreve. ...
Compson announce the marriage of" (77). ... The unhealthy way of thinking causes Quentin to take his life. Weeds also play a brief role in Quentin's section. ... Quentin's section is the saddest in the entire book. ... They are a representation of Jason and his evil dominion over the Compson house. ...
