'Jason In Once A Bitch Always Bitch'

From the get-go, especially with the famous emphatic statement “Once a bitch always bitch” (180), the reader clearly gets the message that they are encountering a different kind of beast when it comes to Jason. Unlike Benjy and Quentin, Jason almost is entirely focused on the present. He gives little concern to past events, including Caddy’s divorce, which he only considered because he had lost his promised bank position. Moreover, his involvement in the cotton market and focus on finances shows that Jason is also very much looking to the future, especially with manipulating the present in order to achieve his future goals. This is a far more logical and easier to follow train of thought compared to Benjy’s and Quentin’s jumbled flashbacks. Also Faulkner may be using Jason as the traditional speaker to give the reader a person who they may see as the traditional Southerner. Just a mean selfish racist brat. Although the mother always looks to Jason as her angelic last hope, the reader quickly realizes that there is nothing to like about Jason. First of all, he thinks of money, the root of evil ( how fitting!), all the time. From stealing it from Caddy’s letters to watching it on the cotton market, Jason’s live is driven by money. He even looks at a church and thinks about how the pastor is probably getting fat off the people’s money (247). And before he …show more content…
Faulkner continues to extend the typical Southern stereotype by instilling a sense of racism in