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by William Faulkner

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April Seventh, 1928: Benjy accompanies Luster as he searches for a quarter to go to the circus that night. At the same time he relives memories of his youth, most of which have to do with Caddy. He remembers, for example, the night his grandmother (Damuddy) died, when Caddy climbed a tree to look in the parlor windows, showing her siblings her muddy drawers. He also remembers her precocious sexuality, which led to her pregnancy and marriage, taking her out of his life. He can smell the change in Caddy; when she is young and pure she smells like trees to him, and when she begins to have sex she no longer smells like trees. He has a specific order to the day's events, and when Luster interrupts this order, he howls.

June Second, 1910: this…

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Posted By becca lee t #312421 at Apr 02, 2013 10:47 PM

what does gerald say that causes quentin to have flashbacks

What does gerald say that causes Quentin to have flashbacks

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Posted By virginia m #237865 at Mar 19, 2012 2:58 PM

When and in what circunstances did Benjy Compson die? in what book did faulkner spofe of it?

Benjy Compson is the younger brother od Caddy Compson, - The Sound and the Fury - but his death don't appear inthis specific book.
I have herard that it appears in another Faulkner's book (maybe one of the Snopes family).

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Posted By justin r #207021 at Oct 18, 2011 1:47 AM