Continued Thoughts on Chapter One

This chapter is rather disorienting because it is an unfamiliar point of view. Faulkner uses this format to give an unbiased view of the family before introducing narrators who most likely will have obvious biases. I find Benjy to be very interesting to me personally. I have a sister with Down syndrome, and often times my family and I wonder how much she understands. Of course, we are MUCH more caring than the family in the book, but I have been wondering for sixteen years how she must see the world. Benjy's cut and dry, non-interpretive method of insight is something my sister might experience. I'm also worried about how she sees the rest of the family, but I'm hoping her view is positive. She provides as much insight to life in general as Benjy does to the book with her beautiful simplicity, and Benjy's character brings this book to life for me.