Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Benjy chapter

The disorienting opening to The Sound and the Fury allows for the audience to be apart of the thought process of a man with a mental disabily. As Benjy is revealed to the audience it is apparent his unusual thought process and imagination for a middle aged man. He is found jumping back and forth from events of his past and his present to jumble the events of his memory. He allows the audience a perspective of his family throughout the course of the events to show their awful attitude towards him.  For his own family is seen as a tools of discrimination towards  him and  his handicap. As his mother feels judged for the presence of her son the audience can see the effect that Benjy has on his family. He provides the th key part of a disfunctional family that is the dwelling of the past. The including Benjy cannot seem to move on as a family but rather dwell on past events. For the Compsons are held back from moving forward with Benjy as they dwell on a past normal life with out Benjy.

3 comments:

  1. Do you think Faulkner accurately displayed the thought process of a mentally challenged character?

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  2. Though many parts of your analysis I would agree with I disagree that the whole family dislikes Benjamin because Caddy treats him with love and Quintin is at least kind to him.

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  3. I find it odd when Benjy is suppose to be mentally challenged but he still in his narration talks normally and correctly. The only offsets are his actions and time shifts.

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