Submitted by chlester0@gmail.com on Mon, 2014-08-18 18:23
He is the seventy-year-old deacon of an African-American church in Yoknapatawpha who is knocked from the pulpit to the mourner's bench when he tries to talk to Joe.
During the last day of his life Quentin rides on a number of "cars" (85, 86, 105, etc.), by which he refers to the trolleys that run on various streets around Cambridge. During the early 20th century the Boston area was served by a number of streetcar lines, but it is doubtful that Faulkner had specific routes in mind. It seems more important thematically to suggest both the restlessness of Quentin's movements and the way in which he seems to keep trying to find an escape from time - clocks chiming, shadows, factory whistles, etc.
During the last day of his life Quentin Compson rides on a number of "cars" (The Sound and the Fury, 85, 86, 105, etc.), by which he refers to the trolleys that run on various streets around Cambridge and Boston. During the early 20th century these urban areas were served by a number of streetcar lines, but it is doubtful that Faulkner had specific routes in mind. It seems more important thematically to suggest both the restlessness of Quentin's movements and the way in which he seems to keep trying to find an escape from time - clocks chiming, shadows, factory whistles, etc.
