Quentin Chapter: June 2, 1910

So Quentin...
At least he knows when he's going on tangents, although I still lose him sometimes. The more he does the stream of consciousness thing the harder it gets. And who's this Dalton Ames character? In my text it was page 51 when Quentin describes him or her. Funny how he smashes the watch right after that. Maybe there's some really important connection between Dalton Ames and temporal reality. Seems like an unfortunate and kind of sketchy guy. And what does Quentin actually think about Caddy. He seems a little critical of his sister, and of his family in general. And more than a little ungrateful if that bit about Benjy's property being sold to pay for his education is true.
Its also a little odd how he references incest, and coming of age a few times, while he thinks about Caddy. The side note he makes about stepping on his shadow is an interesting hint. He says he's crushing his shadow into the ground, and according to the notes on the bottom of the page, stepping on your shadow results in death, according to an old superstition. Kind of hints at suicide.
Ok, kind of crazy idea but how about no punctuation from now on sound good here we go kind of a side note but the envelope he gives deacon reminds me of the envelope in invisible man from a long time ago hopefully not as bad as that one though ok giving up. Its funny how everything Benjy told us about was actual events and quotes, and now all we have are thoughts. Its hard to tell who's talking or what Quentin thinks. After reading most of the chapter I've decided his tangents are just as hard to follow as Benjy's. He is pretty scatterbrained. One minute Caddy, then fighting words, then Harvard, then mom and dad, then smoking, back to Harvard...
One big difference in the chapter is that it does all focus around one narrative, rather than several at once. It's still difficult to keep events straight.
A bit later on he says, "I died last year." It's just what Sartre was talking about, how every climactic event was already fixed in time.
Going out on a limb here, but the girl, could she be death? She doesn't breathe. She has fingers like worms. She doesn't have a home. She feeds off of Quentin, and she follows him. The bell to the store doesn't ring for her. The store owner is suspicious even scared. I'm actually creeping myself out now. But her eyes are friendly at least. And I just finished reading about them; Quentin actually runs away. Freaky.
And later on with Caddy. It's still hard to tell what he actually thinks about her. He says, "I wish you were dead," but by now in the narrative even death seems almost friendly.
And now back to Dalton Ames. Is this guy really here, or is it just something Quentin is thinking of that represents an actual person?
And is the fight the same one we heard about in Chapter one? It doesn't seem like it, there's no rain like there was in Benjy's chapter.
Last note. So Benjy's time is "clockless," but Quentin seems completely trapped with human impressions of time. The watch keeps ticking after he pulls the hands off, he always knows if its half past or a quarter two. And all throughout the last passage there is a clock sounding off the hours. (I didn't bother to see how many rings there were). What's the point here, or is it just for contrast? Anyway thanks for reading have a good day bye