Characters

Title: Characters
Category: Literature / English | Words: 1023 | Pages: 4.4 (approximately 235 words/page)

Characters

Characters Quentin Compson - The oldest of the Compson children, a sensitive and intelligent boy preoccupied with his love for his sister and his notion of the family's honor. After Caddy's marriage, Quentin commits suicide by drowning toward the end of his first year at Harvard. Benjy Compson - Born Maury Compson, his name was changed to Benjamin in 1900, when it was discovered that he was severely retarded. A moaning, speechless idiot, Benjy is deeply attached to …showed first 75 words of 1023 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1023 total…local farm-supply store. He also finds ingenious ways to blackmail his sister; in addition, he steals the money that Caddy sends to support Miss Quentin's upbringing. Miss Quentin grows up into a rebellious, unhappy, and promiscuous girl, continually in conflict with her overbearing and vicious uncle Jason. Eventually, she steals several thousand dollars from him and runs away with a man from a traveling show. He chases after them, but is unable to catch up.

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