Submitted by grdenton@memphis.edu on Fri, 2014-05-30 15:30
When Quentin Compson confronts Dalton Ames in town, at Ames' suggestion they agree to meet later at "that bridge over the creek in there back of" - at that point Quentin interrupts him, so we can't be sure what place he was going to mention (158). When they do meet, the bridge is "in the woods" (159).
Submitted by grdenton@memphis.edu on Fri, 2014-05-30 15:27
When Quentin Compson confronts Dalton Ames in town, at Ames' suggestion they agree to meet later at "that bridge over the creek in there back of" - at that point Quentin interrupts him, so we can't be sure what place he was going to mention (158). It's close enough to the Compson house for Quentin to walk (or rather, "run") there (159). When they do meet, the bridge is "in the woods" (159). This happens in The Sound and the Fury, which Faulkner wrote in 1929.
Submitted by grdenton@memphis.edu on Fri, 2014-05-30 12:09
Damuddy is the grandmother of the Compson children. Whether maternal or paternal is not specified, but Mrs. Compson's reaction to her death and Damuddy's association with Jason - until Damuddy got "sick," for example, Jason apparently slept in her bed with her (26) - suggest she is a Bascomb rather than a Compson. The day of her death, in the summer of 1898, is the earliest scene in Benjy and Quentin's memories.
