Quentin Chapter

Boy, oh boy, if someone told me this book was going to get more confusing, I wouldn't have believed it but man, was I wrong! Now, I do really like this book, however, I have to read everything over a few times to catch all the changes and fully comprehend what is really happening in the story. One thing I found very interesting in this chapter was the references to time. For example, I liked how Quentin recalls his father giving him a watch so he could find an occasional moment when he could forget all about the time. It seems as though this is what the author is trying to do with the whole story in general; let the readers forget about time while they piece the whole story together. I also learned that he falsely confessed to his father about having incest, when it was really Dalton Ames. It took me a little while to understand this because I was focusing so much on trying to figure out when the time would change in the book.
Throughout the chapter, I also learned some things about Quentin I didn't expect. For example, his mothers absence of love in his life really seemed to take a toll on him. I feel like that could potentially be a direct correlation of why he was always picking on Benjy. This chapter gave the readers insight to how much was going on with him and how much pain Quentin was really going through. One of the reasons why it was so difficult to follow this chapter is because Quentin's memories and fantasies were too closely interrelated, which ended up tormenting his brain. This chapter overall helped me understand that Quentin really isn't all that bad but he has been through a lot and was still going through a lot too