At the very end of the novel, I was surprised there were no cliffhangers, as those are often typical in novels such as this. I was left kind of disappointed, saddened, and somewhat exhausted because the book as a whole lacked altruism. The entirety of the book suggested there was no change to come, there is no tomorrow, as if we should all adhere to the status quo. This sickened me, because my life is mostly based around changed, and I look forward to changing myself and the world around me. I like to help those around me, I enjoy supporting those in trouble, and lifting the spirits of those who are down, but none of this happened in the novel. I felt sick, like Benjy, at the end of the novel because I felt myself was stuck  in the old South, incapable of change, support, love, compassion, or optimism.

Out of all the chapters so far in Faulkner's novel, I think Jason's is the most unique. For starters, his thought process and experiences were a lot easier to understand, not because they were all justifiable, but because they were for the most part all happening in the present, unless he was reflecting on a memory of his. His chapter focused more on conversation over the sensations he felt over each and every experience he had, or the feelings that he mustered up by everything going on around him. This sets Jason up very vulnerably, however. Jason's opinions are overt, and for lack of a better word harsh. They speak against almost every moral ground I stand on, and I agreed with him on very little, if anything. He is, in essence, a horribly mean and corruptive person who has no care, compassion, or love for anyone around him. He is selfish in believing he is the last goo remainder of the compost family, the one to save them all, and in this way he is comparable to their mother. Readers are immediately prone to hate him as a character because his chapter begins exclusively with, "Once a bitch always a bitch, what I say." In the present day and time, this term is rarely, if ever used, and when it is the connotation is never as serious as Jason meant it to be. To anyone this name is an insult due to the pure disgust and hatred it connotes. To some, it can be used to take control or establish power, like that which is used with dogs. Reflected onto humans, the name doesn't work quite as well in today's world, when equal rights is a strong fight of the present. The entire passage following this line shows that Jason accepts nobody, that he is racist, sexist, and overall conventional like the way he was raised, but to a much bigger extreme. His voice helps the reader to understand who Jason is as a person, how he was shaped (conventionally), and how he has grown by himself (as a sexist with harsh opinions). 
Throughout Jason's chapter, I was thoroughly uncomfortable because of how disrespectful he was to everyone around him. I've never really seen such blatant disrespect right before my eyes, and reading it was almost worse. I was allowed into Jason's own perspective and thoughts, and some terrible, evil beliefs were even justified for me, in a way I never thought possible.

In the passage I chose, Quentin's true loneliness and pessimism towards not only his family but to the world as a whole is uncovered, and displays for the reader the possible reason for his death. In this passage, Quentin is the downer, the grey cloud in the otherwise blue sky for the people around him like Caddy and Benjy who manage to find happiness in simpler things. Quentin believes he is taking on  responsibility, that of caring for Jason, that he believes no one else is capable of, and this shows his utter lack of friendship, connection, and understanding for those around him. He is unable to allow others to step into his life and help him, and instead he tries too hard to help others. This happens again when he takes the blame for Caddy's pregnancy, even though his false statement was completely unnecessary and uncalled for. In this specific passage, he is most concerned with Jason, and making sure "I'll take Jason and go where nobody knows us so he'll have a chance to grow up". This gives the reader an idea of Quentin's more obscure but ever-present selflessness and care for his family, however uncomfortably or unseeingly it manifests itself. This passage happens when Quentin is a child.
His desire to help others, but his inability to let others help him shows the true issues lying deep within Quentin. He is clearly broken throughout the novel, but his family is too caught up in themselves to see it. He even begins to reflect on the ideas of the dead and the living, which for anyone is not a good sign. In his obsession with Caddy, Quentin's differs from Benjy's in that Quentin's is in more a protective, older-brother kind of way whereas Benjy looks to Caddy for protection, love, and compassion.

Within the Compson family, Benjy is the one to foresee the most likely things to happen in the future, and he actually silently predicts the failure of the family through his observations of their interactions. He senses a lot of what will happen in the future, which none of the other characters are capable of because they are so caught up in living their own lives. Benny, however, can't understand any of these things he's discovering, and therefore can't relay his discoveries to those that matter to him. All he understands is chaos, which he expresses in his moaning. The others, who are so obsessed  with their own lives, blame Benjy for the imminent downfall, even if they may not see it coming yet. This shows that the Compsons are uniquely selfish and unable to truly understand Benjy and his very obvious and apparent issues. They are too caught up in their own lives to understand they are harming themselves in everything they do.
Benny is dependent on consistency and family because he can't rely on himself, with all of his issues and the blame of others for the failure of their family. Because everyone else has to care for him, when there is chaos or worry going on around the family, it affects him much more than the others because he can't process or understand what's going on in the same way or capacity as those around him. He looks back on happier memories, when the children were young and carefree, to avoid the stress of their adult lives, much of which is forced upon him. This shows that the Compson family, and maybe all families in general, grow more tense and further apart as they grow, because issues, misunderstandings, and arguments begin to accrue. This is specifically difficult for Benjy because as a child, it is safe to say maybe his disabilities were more acceptable, and he thought of those times as more laid back, as times where he felt more loved and understood. Now, however, as an adult, Benjy is expected to do much more than he is capable of, and he can't understand nor keep up with it, and this could make him retreat back to the past. The more stress in the family, the more Benjy retreats. This gives a very unique dynamic to the South, especially to families of the South, as if expectations grow exponentially with age. It even suggests that maybe Faulkner was representing the South as ignorant and selfish, as the Compson family is.
Benjy is most likely meaningless to the Compson family, but to the readers he is greatly symbolic. He represents the struggles and burdens of the Compsons, by singlehandedly encompassing them all. The family uses him as an excuse for all of their mistakes, and he takes it on because he has no way to resist or fight back. He is the mess that the Compson family has always been, and will continue to be. His condition is unchanging, as is their imminent downfall. He is a symbol for what is to happen within the family, and how easily it can fall apart, with almost no one paying attention.

The Sound and the Fury is probably one of the most unique novels I've ever begun. The fact that the timeline is so clumped together gives the storyline, if possible, even more understandable, as it helps the reader to better understand how Benjy's thought processes work. However, throughout the novel the separate timelines are dispersed, but chronologically, which shows the absolute skill and talent William Faulkner clearly possesses. The difficulty and advanced writing skills used within the novel are very impressive, and make me want to read more of Faulkner's writing. I think and hope the most interesting part of this novel will be the narration of Benjy in a more objective view.