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This paper begins with a look at the third section of "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner, and the characters of Jason and Quentin. Looking at the Compson family, the writer analyzes the characters and more specifically, how Jason, the son, perceives his family. The conclusion is that Jason and Quentin have false allusions to money and this is their sole similarity.

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"Despite the fact that Dilsey is old and frail, Jason pushes her into a table, threatens to hit her, and rationalizes her role in the Compson household by saying, we need somebody in the kitchen to eat up the gruel the young ones can't tote off" (Faulkner). Obviously, Jason has a biter attitude toward his family, and that attitude stems from the fact that his sister's ruined life cost him a job and that he had to take over as head of the household when his father died. The fact that Jason is interested in only money is apparent in the fact that he is stealing money from his sister and Quentin, money that was stipulated for the teenager's education, a fact that Caddy, Quentin's mother, clearly recognizes when she writes him, "You are opening my letters to her. I know that as well as if I were looking at you" (Faulkner)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• The Sound and the Fury: a Hypertext Edition. Ed. Stoicheff, Muri, Deshaye, et al. Updated Mar. 2003. U of Saskatchewan. Accessed 18 Mar. 2003 <http://www.usask.ca/english/faulkner>

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