Jason

Jason is one of the most cruel characters in the Compson family. He is filled with anger towards his broken, inept family, and as such he is easily disliked. This anger and contempt becomes increasingly clearer in the Jason chapter. One passage that illustrates Jason's character is his conversation with mother about Miss Quentin. He is sick of Miss Quentin acting with impunity, and he wants mother to let him handle it. He says "why don't you either lock her up all day too, or turn her over to me and quit worrying over her?" (120). Another passage that portrays Jason's relation to the Compson's is when he refuses to give Miss Quentin the letter from her mother. (140) This scene represents Jason's anger with Miss Quentin, and also his anger with Caddy, her mother. He resents her for leaving the family and leaving her daughter behind. His new position in the family is that he has become the man in charge. He has control over mother and feels like he should be the head of  the family. Jason's narrative is mostly based around his contempt towards what is left of the Comptons, but the content of his narrative is less biased. He reveals, if unwittingly, the good in Misss Quentin, something he does not realize himself.