Dilsey's Chapter and the End of the Book

    Dilsey was treated very poorly by Mrs. Compson. Mrs. Compson caused all this trouble and always wanted Dilsey to be doing work by pretty much throwing a fit when Dilsey wouldn't take care of Benjy, even though Benjy was asleep. Dilsey is an African-American servant, which would be common for the Old South. This shows that Mrs. Compson is still in the Old South.
   
    Dilsey brings Benjy to church with her every sunday. Frony tells Dilsey that the people don't like having a white boy at their church. This seems like Faulkner was trying to prove a point that African- Americans were even in the new southern ways because they stayed away from the whites.


    Dilsey was a very clear and straightforward voice in this book. Faulkner chose to write this book from a confusing, mentally- handicapped person to a very clear and concise African- American servant to show give us bits and pieces of the novel at a time and really make us put all the pieces together. He starts by writing the book in almost all human senses, then moves to stream of consciousness, then dialogue, and then a third person narrative. He distances the book from the very personal Benjy to the impersonal Dilsey. He wanted to prove a point that the south was moving from the family values and everyone being knowing each other really well, like the readers go to know Benjy, into the servant that was narrating events that she wasn't even a part of.


     This book is really just about change. In this particular book, the change is Old South to New South, but it is happening all over the world. People are changing and our generations are changing. Mrs. Compson wanted to stay in the traditional Old Southern lifestyle, but her children were the New Generation. Her children, besides Jason, had a higher respect for African- Americans. Her children had less of a traditional view of family and they didn't think that family was necessarily the most important thing. This book is basically a closer, personal glimpse into a certain circumstance of change.
  
  This is not directly related to the book, but we have change nationwide between generations. The teenage generation nowadays has more tech skills. We have had a phone and computer our whole lives. This is how we are different. Faulkner really just wanted to capture that change between generations, and at that time, these generations of the New and Old South were the largest gap in values.


   Faulkner told his story four times to represent the change. There are four seasons and these seasons change the way the world look. Our generations change just as the seasons do.