William Faulkner chose to focus most closely on Dilsey in the final section of The Sound and the Fury because she, like no other character in this novel, maintains a constant ease of mind, a type of character device that allows her to set herself aside in order to help others. She has no hang ups with Caddy, is content with the past and the passage of time, and was there when the Compson's rose to power and then fell. In this respect, Dilsey was present with the Compson's close to the beginning of their ascent to power, and remains during their downward spiral. In many ways, she remains the sole hope for the family, as certainly Mrs. Compson, Jason, Benjy, nor Quentin will return the family name to its once valued esteem. With this, there is a complete reversal of the normal order of things-- a black servant is the final hope for the Compson family. In many ways this illustrates the change the family has been through, and yet it simultaneously gives hope to the fact the Dilsey may be able to lead the Compsons' back to power yet again.
             The Sound and the Fury began through the eyes of Benjy. Due to his retarded and lacking mental state, the reader receives a very unbiased view of the Compson family. There are no interferences from opinion or delusion, which often is the case with Quentin and Jason. Benjy only knows what he sees, most often unable to interpret the meaning of it. But that is the readers job. In this final section, though it focuses most closely on Dilsey, it is not first person omniscient. This section complements the Benjy section in that it presents only the truth, the actuality of events that transpire. It could be argued that Faulkner is the narrator in this final section, and somewhere in the words that he grants us is the truth of this once highly regarded family's approaching fortune.
             There is significance to the date of the final chapter--Easter Sunday. With this ...