Dilsey's Chapter

The final chapter is narrated by Disley, the house maid. Because she seems not to have any personal issues going on, her chapter is easiest to understand. The book slowly gets easier to read. I think Faulkner wrote it like this to challenge his readers. The book is like a puzzle, you have to put the pieces together slowly and you only see the final picture until you have all the pieces. It also makes it more satisfying in the end, because everything you were confused about finally makes sense, like the end of a murder mystery. For example when I used to watch Scooby-Doo on television I would be so relieved when they would pull the mask off and I would finally learn who the monster was. Everything would make sense. The third reason Faulkner writes like this is to show the unraveling of the Compson family while the story unravels. My final theory is that with the prominent and obvious theme of time, Faulkner may have wanted to show timelessness and emotion as well as the merging of the old and new South and how they have effects on society. Dilsey is the best narrator for this passage because she seems to have the most wisdom, can oversee everything, and when it comes down to it she definitely appears to be the sanest.