To be honest and a little bit blunt, I'm really glad that first section is over and done with. It was really hard to read. Also, that first section was like 75 pages of dense material. I hope that my first blog post is enough word count wise.
The second section is told from the perspective of Quentin Compson and of course it's not making any sense right from the start. Where is Quentin? He is definitely not in the South. And judging by the title, we've also gone back 18 years in time. Cool. Anyway, at first Quentin has what I would consider a comprehensive stream of consciousness. Also known as the kind of stream that I like. (Thank you Faulkner.) However, it quickly jumps into the same pattern that happened during April Seventh, 1928 where Benji rapidly moves from reality to memory. Oh, sidenote, I figured out that Quentin is at a boarding school of some sort.
Quentin has a lot on his mind. There is something going on in regards to church and incest. Two things that don't really go well with each other. (Maybe that's Faulkner's point?) It seems like Quentin is overwhelmed mentally, which is the stem of his neurotic stream of consciousness process. When I picture Quentin in my mind, I think about a slender, meek boy with pasty white skin and dark hair that talks really fast and in run-on sentences.(Again, maybe that's Faulkner's point?)
I think that in the midst of all these memories floating around Quentin's head, that he is traveling. Where he is going, I haven't figured that out yet. Throughout all this, Quentin is thinking about Caddy's marriage to Herbert Head. Apparently according the Quentin, he's not a very nice guy. *insert expletives here* He seems worried about Caddy's well being, and also concerned about her sex life. Kind of creepy because it's her brother, but whatever floats your boat, Faulkner.
Quentin meets a girl in a bakery while he is out and about. He is accused of kidnapping, (I can only imagine what that did o his already neurotic state of mind). Quentin's friends follow him to the police station. He's pays the fine and is released so it's all good in the end.
Benji and Quentin are alike in the sense that neither of these two characters does a proficient job of getting their points across.
End of section 2. Phew. Faulkner, you are no cake walk.
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