The Sound and The Fury 2

This chapter was all about Dilsey…

“She had been a big woman once but now her skeleton rose, draped loosely in unpadded skin that tightened again upon a paunch almost dropsical, as though muscle and tissue had been courage or fortitude which the days or the years had consumed until only the indomitable skeleton was left rising like a ruin or a landmark above the somnolent and impervious guts.” April Eighth, pg. 265

I believe that this is a very important quote to understand Dilsey. Dilsey was the Compsons servent. Even though she is old and weak this quote shows that yes physically she may be weak but mentally and spiritually she is very strong. Dilsey pretty much does all of the work around their house.  Even though she is getting old and weak and it’s harder for her to do a lot of her chores  Mrs Compson just gets annoyed and is mean to her when she does do it in the timely manner she expects. Luster is Dilseys son and he normally helps out too but she let him sleep in. Which also annoys the Mrs.  They send Dilsey upstairs to go get Quentin for breakfast and she was missing.  Jason checks his closet and the money he had saved was stolen. Meanwhile when they get downstairs Luster tells Dilsey that he sees Quentin climb out her window everynight, just as she did last night. Dilsey lets them handle their problem and she goes to church with her family and brings Benjy too. Dilsey is highly resepected there.

At church even though the reverend is black he talked like a white man, when he first gave his sermon he didn’t really get a response. But then he gives it again with more emotion and more in a “black” tone . Everyone rised to their feet saying “Yes, Jesus!” as he repeated over and over, “I got de ricklickshun en de blood of de Lamb!” April Eighth, pg. 295 . Normally when Dilsey brings Benjy with her he doesn’t really pay attention and gets distracted easily but even he was listeng to the sermon. Dilsey already beng emotional about the sermon noticed that and started to cry, and continued even as they were leaving the church. Then to herself she said “I’ve seed de first en de last…I seed de beginnin, en now I sees de endin.” April Eighth, pg. 297.

Even though Dilsey doesn’t actually narrate this section most of it is about her and she plays a very important role in this section. Its really good to see these things through Dilsey.

The Sound and The Fury 1

So far I have found that this book is kind of strange and definately confusing. There was a whole lot of stuff gonig on and I didn’t really understand which character is which. The first part is narrated by Benjy, which was completely confusing I barely got any of it until I read the second part narrated by Quentin. In both of the parts both narrators talked about Caddy a lot, it’s like they are obsessed with her. Which I also find really weird especially because after reading the first and second part you begin to understand and find out that they are all brothers and sisters. Its just really weird how they talk about her because It’s not the typical brother/ sister relationship you thinfkof. I know thats DEFINATELY not how it is with my sister. I believe that there is something a little messed up with them .  The way Quentin talks about Caddy is like he is in love with her, not that he loves her like a sister. It sounds like he just wants to be with her and can’t imagine living with out her. It’s more like a girlfriend/boyfriend relationship more so than a sister/brother relationship. The whole thing is just very strange.

End of Great Gatsby

As I finished the end of Great Gatsby I really liked the book but at the same time I was very shocked about how it ended . I really hoped that Daisy and Gatsby would be together in the end, or that she would even atleast go to his funeral. I also couldnt believe how he died. I don’t think he deserved all the things that happened to him. This book by F. Scott Fitzgerald was a very good book. It was written with so much detail and description in some parts that it was like you knew every character but then at the sametime it was like you had no clue what was going on. Also there were many good metaphors and irony present all throughout the novel. Like the shinging light and the billboard and the fact that Daisy is the one that hit Myrtle. This book was written very well and it was actually one that I enjoyed and I don’t really like reading that much.  This is definately a book that I would reccomend to everyone.