Benjy:A Typical Idiotic Narrator

The dramatis personae Benjy in The Sound and the Fury is a typical idiotic narrator,Faulkner vividly and truly describes the stream of consciousness of an idiot by means of impressionist techniques.Benjy's confusing consciousness is integrated into a logical whole.At the same time,Benjy's stream of consciousness objectively lays out the history of the Compson family and illustrates the personalities and lives of the characters,uncovers the theme of this novel in a downfallen southern family.