February 9, 2007
“Air you satisfied the gal aint took any hurt, you, there?”
“No hurt now,” Julio said sullenly.
“You quit work hunt for her?”
“Sure I quit. I run. I run like hell. Looka here. Looka there, then men tella me he seen him giva her she eat. She go weetha.”
“H’m,” the squire said. Well, son, I calculate you owe Julio something for taking him away from his work.”
“Yes, sir,” I said. “How much?”
“Dollar, I calculate.”
I gave Julio a dollar.
“Well,” Spoade said. “If that’s all—–I reckon he’s discharged, your honor?”
The squire didn’t look at him. “How far’d you run with him, Anse?”
“Two miles, at least. It was about two hours before we caught him.”
Okay where do I even begin? In this scene a young Italian girl followed Quentin out of a bakery. He tried to help her find her home because he thought she was lost. As it turns out the girl’s brother was looking for her. Quentin was taken to the judge when they were found. He explained everything and yet he was made to pay. HE WAS MADE TO PAY MONEY FOR TRYING TO HELP A LITTLE LOST GIRL FIND HER HOUSE! Does that sound off to anyone else? I think so. Maybe that is just me.
Check this out. Not only did he have to pay but the brother quit his job to find his little sister. He has to pay Julio only a dollar. Get this. The deputy, who was on the clock, on duty and was already getting paid to do his job. He spent two hours searching for the girl and Quentin had to pay him I think it was six dollars. He still kept his job. Shouldn’t Julio get more money since he doesn’t have a job any more? The official shouldn’t get paid at all. That’s a part of his job.
Again it was a miss understanding. Quentin should not have paid.
Lastly this part of the book does not fit into the story at all. I think Faulkner was just trying to fill up the pages with his massively long chapters. The only purpose this part of the chapter has was that the other story characters pick Quentin up from the court house.
Complete waste of paper.
Dawn
February 12, 2007 at 3:59 am
I would agree that now that you mention it, it really doesn’t have anything to do with anything. So yeah i can see how you get complete waste of paper out of this. I also can see how Quentin ends up to be a mistreated good samaritian. Quentin tries to help this girl and ends up being picked up by the police and forced to pay because the girl’s brother does something dumb. Like if one of my sisters went missing while I was either here at school or at work I wouldn’t just up and quit, I would leave but I wouldn’t quit. I would agree Dawn that this was just a filler for his long and confusing chapter!!!
February 13, 2007 at 10:32 pm
I agree with you all in that ist does not fit with the rest of the story but it helps to know a little about Jason and Quentin and the whole family dynamics.