Analysis Of Caroline And Quentin Compson's The Sound And The Fury
Caroline and Quentin Compson: A struggle with mental illness.
Throughout Quentin’s section, in The Sound and the Fury the reader is given a plethora of past memories, along with Quentin’s current day. And, even more so, the reader is given the feeling that something is not quite right with Quentin. Rightfully so, as in different the different sections of book, it is mentioned (and cruelly joked about by Jason) that Quentin kills himself. Although there is believed to be many reasons that could’ve lead to Quentin offing himself, BPD, or Borderline Personality Disorder, as well as his own mothers struggle with mental illness, plays a very big role in Quentin’s suicide.
BPD is a “serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability …show more content…
Even though she did not ask for help. Another example could be when he was trying to have sex with Natalie in the barn, in spite of Caddy. “I don’t care she looked at us stay mad she went away.” (Faulkner, page 136) An example of Quentin being aggressive can be found on the next page, where he begins fighting Caddy because she says she does not care what Quentin does. “ You dont you dont I’ll make you I’ll make you give a damn. She hit my hands away I smeared mud on her with the other hand I couldn’t feel the wet smacking of her hand I wiped mud from my legs smeared it on her wet hard turning body…” (Faulkner, page 137) and again when he calls Caddy a whore before he goes to confront Dalton …show more content…
That’s very clear from pages 148 to 162, 14 whole pages, of Quentin’s section, where he is thrown into what is a mental breakdown, with all of his memories and thoughts of Caddy, her virginity, and how he could not be her knight in shining armor, comes crashing down and initially drowning him, before he actually drowns. Not only that but Quentin lived in the south. His family barely had money to send him to college, much less send him to get tested. And even if were able to, it is not like Caroline would have wanted to either. Quentin was an unfortunate soul, who could not help his strange tics and slightly uncomfortable obsession with his sister. Because his brain was wired that way, and he had no way of knowing nor getting
Throughout Quentin’s section, in The Sound and the Fury the reader is given a plethora of past memories, along with Quentin’s current day. And, even more so, the reader is given the feeling that something is not quite right with Quentin. Rightfully so, as in different the different sections of book, it is mentioned (and cruelly joked about by Jason) that Quentin kills himself. Although there is believed to be many reasons that could’ve lead to Quentin offing himself, BPD, or Borderline Personality Disorder, as well as his own mothers struggle with mental illness, plays a very big role in Quentin’s suicide.
BPD is a “serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability …show more content…
Even though she did not ask for help. Another example could be when he was trying to have sex with Natalie in the barn, in spite of Caddy. “I don’t care she looked at us stay mad she went away.” (Faulkner, page 136) An example of Quentin being aggressive can be found on the next page, where he begins fighting Caddy because she says she does not care what Quentin does. “ You dont you dont I’ll make you I’ll make you give a damn. She hit my hands away I smeared mud on her with the other hand I couldn’t feel the wet smacking of her hand I wiped mud from my legs smeared it on her wet hard turning body…” (Faulkner, page 137) and again when he calls Caddy a whore before he goes to confront Dalton …show more content…
That’s very clear from pages 148 to 162, 14 whole pages, of Quentin’s section, where he is thrown into what is a mental breakdown, with all of his memories and thoughts of Caddy, her virginity, and how he could not be her knight in shining armor, comes crashing down and initially drowning him, before he actually drowns. Not only that but Quentin lived in the south. His family barely had money to send him to college, much less send him to get tested. And even if were able to, it is not like Caroline would have wanted to either. Quentin was an unfortunate soul, who could not help his strange tics and slightly uncomfortable obsession with his sister. Because his brain was wired that way, and he had no way of knowing nor getting