Barn burning is also described in the novel as Darl does it purposely, even though the real intention is not the way the other barns are burned as a part of revenge by the tenant towards the master. Darl had burned the barns to give his mother at least a burial with whatever dignity still remains for her. For remaining sane among the mad obsessed Bundrens was the punishment to go to Jackson.
As the family makes its way into town, Darl wants to take Cash to the doctor before burying Addie because his condition is becoming worse but Cash, with his usual resilience, is willing to wait. Dewey Dell runs for the bushes on the side of the road. She comes back wearing her Sunday dress. The arrogant and unrepentant poor white attitude is described …show more content…
She felt them as a curse of God on her. She is unable to bring up her children properly by giving maternal love. She was a neurotic and so Mr. Compson does most of the parenting of the children when they are small but did not have any control over his wife’s attitudes. The children have grown up under the loving care of their housekeeper Dilsey so the children missed the true love of the mother. Caroline’s attitude was the main cause of the negative responses in the children. The mentally retarded child Benjy is making her completely upset. She is getting easily irritated and worried about small and minor matters and is not at all concerned about the feeling of children.
It was his sister Caddy’s love that made all the difference for Benjy. Mrs. Compson worries that Benjy will get sick from the cold, but she seems more concerned about the prospect of Benjy’s sickness ruining her Christmas party than about his actual welfare. She gives more importance to her brother than her husband or her children.
There was a time when aristocratic women conducted themselves in a particular manner maintaining their figure well but today times have changed and people do not give importance to the values of old order. In addition to this skirmish between mother and daughter also shows their