Close Reading Dilsey Chapter

Jason told him, his sense of injury [from the Quentin chapter when he was going to kill himself and Caddy, injure oneself to punish for actions] and impotence [reoccuring theme throughout the book about the impotance of the Compson men] feeding upon its own sound [Quentin's mind essentially "fed" on itself util he was driven to suicide], so that after a time[time reoccuring in all the chapters] he forgot his hate[hates his niece for what she has put him through and its obvious that he hates her because she is like Caddy, irony that everyone loves/ed Caddy, Benjy and Quentin, and he absolutly hates her and her daughter]  in the violent cumulation of his self justification[Jason needs to be justified in all his actions; ex mad at Caddy because he didn't get the job at the bank or hitting Benjy because he was being to loud; he has a reason for everything he does] and his outrage[Compson men seem to have emotional problems, whether it be suicidal, retardation, or just plain old angry]. The sheriff watched him steadily[doesn't trust him as he shouldn't because he knows he is a thief, its quite strange that someone with a job is a thief, especially someone who wants a job at a bank so bad.. coincidence?? I think not] with his cold[refefence to having no sympathy or compassion just like Jason shows none of these for anyone else] shiny eyes. “But you don’t know they done it,” he said, “You just think so.” “Don’t know?” Jason said, “When I spent two damn days[of his vauble time that he uses as a hard working citizen that contributes to society?? Two days is a lot of time to him apaprently, again a reference to time] chasing her through alleys,[seems to have a "hero" complex; he had to chase after Quentin because she didn't know what she was doing and he was the only person who could save her] trying to keep her away from him,[controling nature of Jason rearing its ugly head again; 'her with him' again with the blame game] after I told[notice he didn't ask politely he TOLD her, men are so bossy, expecially Jason] her what I’d do to her[reference to violent nature of Jason; also to the impotence of Jason, what he would do, but never actually does it; also a reference to what men do to women: what Dalton did to Caddy or what Herbert did to Jason when he didn't give him the job] if I ever caught her with him,[shows how the author wants the women to come off as permiscuous, look at the wording 'her with him' it wasn't 'him with her' it was automatically her fault because she was a Compson woman] and you say I don’t know that little b—”[ironically Jason feels the same way about women that the boy did that Quentin tried to beat up; reoccuring theme of women being bitches and manipulators; Again shows the violent mean nature of Jason]