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Benjy's Character in The Sound and the Fury

In the novel, The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, Benjy is an important character throughout the telling of the story. Benjy is the narrator of the first of four sections. His section is set in the novel's present, April 7, 1928, which is Benjy's thirty-third birthday. Benjy's section of the novel is often hard to understand because all the events are told in the present tense. All of his flashbacks and memories are told as if they were happening in the present. It is left to the reader to decipher what parts of the story are currently happening and what is merely a flashback to past years. Faulkner does this because Benjy's character is severely mentally retarded. Because of this retardation, he seems to have no concept of time and never entirely understands what is going on around him. Benjy constantly has to be taken care of, and this leads to insights into the other characters of the novel. Although Benjy is severely......

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