Quentin Chapter: June 2, 1910

After reading the Benjy chapter, Quentin's way of telling the story was much different. First, unlike Benjy, Quentin was a lot more bias, and had special relationships with different characters. He is acquainted with Shreve and Spoade, but most importantly he is very connected with Caddy. He was envious when he found out Caddy was getting married and lost her virginity. I think he also=ways wanted to have a sexual relationship with Caddy. Quentin's chapter was also different than Benjy's, because he was out experiencing the world, meeting new people, and going to college. Benjy only told stories about members of the Compson family, but Quentin had stories about so many others, such as the little girl that followed him around. Quentin did not include a lot of punctuation throughout his chapter, he would be having a dialect with another character, and no quotations or other punctuation would be used. As a reader, this was difficult to follow, because it was to extremely clear who was talking, and it required very close  reading. There is also many uses of I throughout the chapter that did not just refer to Quentin himself. This also added a level of difficulty.

Quentins narration moved quickly. He would go from one location or scene to another without much introduction to follow. Also not having punctuation throughout his narration showed that his narration just flowed from one event to the next, and he was constantly thinking, which this alluded to a lack of structure in his narration. Throughout this chapter Quentin made it clear on his thoughts towards other characters. He was obviously caring about the little girl that followed him around, giving her bread, ice cream, and trying to find her a home. I think this was because this little girl reminded him of Caddy, because during this scene there were a lot of flashbacks to Caddy. Also Quentin was not fond of Gerald, who he got into a fight with when Gerald said he did not have a sister. This relating back to having Caddy as a sister again shows how much Caddy truly means to Quentin. Also, having Quentin go to Harvard was a big deal to the Compson family. They always view themselves as curse, because of all this misfortunes that happen to their family, However having a son at Harvard is not one of these misfortunes. Overall Quentin is a unique character, who has a lot of thought of incest and relationships with others.