Jason Compson IV

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fictional character literary character

Jason Compson IV is a bitter, cruel, and materialistic member of the Compson family in William Faulkner’s fiction, embodying the moral and emotional decay of the Southern aristocracy.

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Label Occurrences
Jason Compson IV canonical 25
Jason Compson 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
William Faulkner ⓘ
surface form: William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha fiction
associatedWithTheme decline of the Old South ⓘ
family disintegration ⓘ
greed ⓘ
resentment ⓘ
characterTrait bitter ⓘ
cruel ⓘ
materialistic ⓘ
controls Compson family finances ⓘ
creator William Faulkner ⓘ
economicStatus lower-middle-class wage earner ⓘ
familyName Compson ⓘ
firstAppearance The Sound and the Fury (1929) ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasParent Caroline Compson ⓘ
Jason Compson III ⓘ
hasSibling Benjy Compson ⓘ
Caddy Compson ⓘ
Mr. Jason Compson III ⓘ
surface form: Quentin Compson III
language English (original text) ⓘ
literaryPeriod Modernist literature ⓘ
literarySignificance embodies the economic and moral corruption of the postbellum South ⓘ
memberOf Compson family ⓘ
narrativeRole first-person narrator of the April 6, 1928 section ⓘ
nationality American (fictional) ⓘ
notableFor narrating the third section of The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
occupation farm overseer ⓘ
store clerk ⓘ
personalityType cynical ⓘ
sadistic ⓘ
represents emotional decay of the Southern aristocracy ⓘ
moral decay of the Southern aristocracy ⓘ
resents Benjy Compson ⓘ
Caddy Compson ⓘ
Mr. Jason Compson III ⓘ
surface form: Quentin Compson III
setIn Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
surface form: Jefferson, Mississippi (fictional)
setInUniverse Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
settingTime early 20th-century American South ⓘ
stealsFrom Caddy Compson ⓘ
Miss Quentin Compson ⓘ
treats Miss Quentin Compson cruelly ⓘ

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The Sound and the Fury → mainCharacter → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
The Sound and the Fury → sectionNarrator → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Caroline Compson → hasChild → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Benjy Compson → hasSibling → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Dilsey Gibson → caresFor → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Luster → interactsWith → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Quentin Compson → sibling → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Miss Quentin → maternalUncle → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Miss Quentin → conflictsWith → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Miss Quentin → isRaisedBy → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Caddy Compson → siblingOf → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Caddy Compson → perceivedBy → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Jefferson, Mississippi → associatedWithCharacter → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jason Compson
Jason Compson II → hasChild → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Jason Compson II → parentOf → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Jason Compson III → child → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Compson → hasFamilyMember → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Compson family → hasMember → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Jefferson → hasNotableCharacter → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Compson estate → associatedWithCharacter → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Caddy → siblingOf → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
subject surface form: Caddy Compson
Caddy → centralToPerspectiveOf → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
subject surface form: Caddy Compson
Miss Quentin Compson → uncle → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Miss Quentin Compson → raisedBy → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Miss Quentin Compson → oppressedBy → Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Miss Quentin Compson → conflictWith → Jason Compson IV ⓘ