Caddy

agitation cultural society ‘frozen in its virtues and vices’ and as a result was cut off from the rest of society seen as a backward looking, ahistorical and resistant to change. Faulkner interrogates and challenges the idea of femininity through Caddy who destabilises patriarchal order and culture in the Compson household, through her promiscuity thus, moving away from socially acceptable feminine expectations of the twentieth century. Such a disempowerment reflects notions of…

name, this in turn causes him great stress and hinders him throughout the story. Quentin’s is also enamored with his sister Caddy, and subsequently places her on a pedestal that requires her to remain wholesome and grounded, when Caddy diverts from this and begins to engage in a more free and promiscuous manner, Quentin’s…

Southern aristocratic family mentally still living in the Old South, struggle with changing South and its conditions. In the novel, their only daughter Caddy’s virginity is a metaphor for the Old South; the role of the Southern belle is the role that Caddy is expected to play but cannot perform. The first three sections of the novel are told in the voices of each of the three Compson brothers, and each section is concerned with the recovery of Caddy’s virginity and her status as the belle. The…

Benjy and Quentin are two complete opposite people, but are also brothers. They have more similarities than one would expect. Both boys have a love for their sister, Caddy. She is most likely the only person either one of them have ever loved. It is very upsetting to both boys when Caddy gets her underwear muddy. They do not like Caddy being dirty; they would rather her be clean and pure. The time and timelessness theme of this novel continues throughout the…

Maryland. Her brother has brought his one child, Huckleberry Finn. William Faulkner has brought his wife, Gertrude Stein, and their three children, Jason Compson II, Quentin Compson, Benjy compson and Caddy Compson. Act I Scene I William Faulkner: Children, please don’t play in the snow. Caddy, pull down your dress. Gertrude Stein: A dress is a dress *INSERT QUOTE HERE*. William Faulkner: Gertrude, please. Gertrude Stein:Children will be children William. I don’t insult you when you do…

Gatsby tries to recreate his life when he tries to convince his first love, Daisy Buchanan to leave her husband, Tom Buchanan and fall in love with him again. Likewise, Quentin Compson tries to reconstruct a time in his past; the time when his sister, Caddy was in his life.…

In The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner intentionally denies Caddy, arguably the main character of the novel, a chance to speak for herself. In doing so he emphasizes how change is never heard, but its ripples are seen. Caddy who represents changing societal norms is only seen through the eyes of those experiencing her actions (changes in values). We never hear Caddy’s motives but we see the effects of her actions. Three different views come to pass as a result of Caddy’s actions and the…

symbol of trees likely from comfort, familiarity and love. In being one of the few who truly care for Benjy, Caddy is inextricably linked and, as he frequently mentions, “Caddy smells like trees”. It is apparent that Caddy is the driving force of many of Benjy’s strongest emotions, regardless if they’re pleasant. Even so, this repeated statement connects back to the original scene where Caddy the tree. Her leadership has an impact on all the boys even just seeing Benjy’s perspective. Caddy’s…

hope for Caddy’s return. However, the symbolization and deification of Caddy underlies both perspectives. Quentin demands Caddy retain her virginity in order to legitimize his view of her as a symbol of purity. For example, when hearing Caddy say “I’ve got to marry somebody” (Faulkner 72), Quentin instinctively thinks back to when “…they told me the bone would have to be broken again” (Faulkner 72). Quentin demands out of Caddy that she remain a virgin even though he knows her to be sexually…

no present and no future to him, only the past. Benjy spends the great majority of his time jumping around between memories, which he watches as if they were present events. Most of his memories tend to center around Caddy, who left the house years before the present day. Since Caddy is no longer in the present for him, he can only find her in his past. On the other hand, Benjy’s unique narration allows the reader to draw connections from the past to the present that others characters could not…