Page 152, one of the pages discussed in class
‘I held the point of the knight at her throat
it wont take but a second just a second then i can do mine i can do min then
all right can you do yours by yourself
yes the blades long enough benys in bed by now
yes…’
and the next couple of pages, it really intrigued me how much more deep this argument is. Read in context, you know what’s going on… but out of context and read outloud, it sounds much more sensual. Alot of this family wanton love goes around, even from Benjy’s chapter. Caddy must know how her brother’s feel about her, right?
I learned from this passage that there is something going on that is very taboo in the Compson family. It hasn’t reared it’s head yet, but evidence is pointing towards some explicit acting. What an odd little book.
February 9, 2007 at 9:38 pm
That’s a really good point that you make that there is something taboo going on in the Compson family, but we just don’t know what it is yet. It keeps peeking it’s little head out here and there but it is so hard to figure what the issue in the book really is.
February 9, 2007 at 11:53 pm
Tony
You’re so right. Something is going on that’s really disturbing. Personally I think that Caddy’s baby really is Benjy’s or Quentins. The girl is loony in the head just as much as Quentin.
Dawn
February 13, 2007 at 10:36 pm
I agree with you in that there is something going on in the family. I also agree with Dawn’s comment on that the baby, Quentin, could be Quentin’s baby because he told the father that he committed incest with his sister and she could have named Quentin after her real father.
February 16, 2007 at 2:30 am
Yes, there is most definately something going on with this family. They are not your “average joe’s”. And a question that must be asked is, does Caddy really know how her brothers feel toward her, and what does she think about that? It is very interesting in reading each chapter to get each of the brothers viewpoints. They all have a very interesting relationship.