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Jason is the only likeable character in the entire book.

>> No.16800824

>>16800764
Haven't read the book. But I do have a friend named Jason. Asian fella, nice guy, businessman real stand up guy. Wouldn't call him the only likeable guy in my life, though. Maybe this Jason is similar? I dunno. Gonna read this book soon. One of these days. Liked the book about the casket and the horse and the fish.

>> No.16800832

What do you mean by likeable? What did Benjy do to you?

>> No.16800881

Whoa, that's pretty edgy bro

>> No.16800946

>>16800764
Books aren't valued on how "nice" the characters are.

>> No.16800974

>>16800764
I cant see how anyone can find him likable.

>> No.16801138

>>16800764
Jason? He was a massive prick, literally beats up poor Benjy for no reason at all. Dilsey was the only character who was likeable.

>> No.16801288

>>16801138
What about Quentin?

>> No.16801619

>>16801138
Doesn't he beat him up as a child though? Adult Jason is a sympathetic character, in a sort of downtrodden, rage-filled provider way. He's the neglected child in a burgeoning household, where everything's been signed away and he gets to watch his siblings basically waste it away. I don't think he's an upright character, but his character is a lot more nuanced than being "a massive prick".

>> No.16801663

>>16801619
This is true, he isn't simply a massive prick, but the majority of his actions aren't what I would call "good deeds."
>>16801288
Quentin wasn't likeable to me at all. I can't get past the killing himself over not being able to bang his sister. Not a likeable trait

>> No.16801700

only children care about "likable" characters

>> No.16801719

>>16801288
>>16801663
Quentin was even more retarded than Benjy, even his thought process. Easily the worst character in the book.

>> No.16801779

>>16801663
>>16801719
Are you guys forgetting Absalom, Absalom? Calling Quentin the worst character in the book (or the Yoknapatawpha cycle) is like saying Caroline was the anchor of the family.

>> No.16802020
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16802020

I liked Benjy

>> No.16802068

>>16801663
He didn't kill himself because he wanted to bang his sister he killed himself because he wasn't able to restore his family's honor and pussied out when he confronted Dalton. Incest was a lie he made up to try and share Caddy's burden.

>> No.16802199

>>16802068
Thank you. That other anon missed the point
>>16802020
Based

>> No.16802320

>>16801779
Quentin becomes a much more interesting character after reading Absalom, Absalom!. The Henry, Judith, Charles Bon story and his knowledge of it changes what you think of his actions in TSATF

>> No.16803112

>>16800764
want to know how i know you're an incel?
have sex, faggot.