June 2, 1910

As I began to read Quentin's chapter, I didn't believe there could be a narrator more choppy and skewed than Benjy. I was wrong. Although Quentin's outward appearance seems to be fine, there's something inside of his mind that isn't right. His thoughts are so intricate and pointed, showing that he remembers such small details in his life. He seems to take in every voice and action he observes and never forgets it, leaving his thoughts blurred and scattered. He has obsessions; with time, his family's status, Father's words, and let's not forget his sister Caddy. Quentin and his brother share a common obsession with Caddy, but in much different ways. Benjy looks to Caddy as a maternal figure and craves her physical touch, he is obsessed with her affection and support. Benjy's obsession is sweet, like an innocent brother looking up to his genuine sister. Quentin on the other hand obsesses over Caddy's promiscuity and sexual acts. He cannot accept her sins, although his father seems to shrug them off. His obsessiveness and possessiveness haven't waned one bit from the past to present. Quentin's sensual greed and incestual words are what set him completely apart from Benjy's views.


Passage at the stream, Caddy washing away her guilt and Quentin coming to join her. (P.150)

1. At this time, Quentin is yet again infused with sexualness around Caddy. They are alone, Caddy washing away her previous sin she just committed. As they lay together, his only obligation is Caddy. In this moment, she's all he sees and thinks and breathes. As he pushes a knife to her neck, he shows a promise of them being together, alone, with no impurity, corruption, or absurdity. He has found a way to escape time with the only person he can fully be with, but it doesn't seem that he's ready to leave quite yet. 
2. At this point, he is most concerned with Caddy. In a similar sense, it seems like Caddy feels the same way. They are together but Quentin's thoughts get in the way, Quentin vowing to kill her lover Dalton, speaking of old memories, wondering if Benjy's in bed yet. For those few minutes he was only concerned with Caddy, but his obsessive compulsive tendencies got in the way, forcing them to the trees back to the house. 
3.  This period is before Quentin has gone off to college. Caddy is not yet married, and she's promiscuous as ever. The passage is later in his youth, but he also talks of when he and Caddy were younger as well.