The Sound and the Fury

In the midst of Quentin’s segment of narration, from page 149 to 146, a flashback occurs in which Quentin remembers confronting Dalton Ames about his relationship with Caddy. The flashback is told in all lowercase, stream-of-consciousness narration (with no paragraph indents) and is composed mostly of dialogue or complex imagery. Unlike the usual instances in which Quentin remembers the past, this flashback is told in non-italic script. It is a fully immersive memory, not an interjection in his day.

The beginning of this flashback reads:

"never be got to drink wine himself, but he always said that a hamper what book did you read that in the one where Gerald's rowing suit of wine was a necessary part of any gentlemen's picnic basket" did you love them Caddy did you love them When they touched me I died

one minute she was standing there the next he was yelling and pulling at her dress they went into the hall and up the stairs yelling and shoving at her up the stairs to the bathroom door and stopped her back against the door and her arm across her face yelling...

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