Caddy is the middle child of the three Compson children of "That Evening Sun." She likes Nancy and can sense Nancy's fear, but is too young to understand what is frightening Nancy.
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At age five, Jason is the youngest of the Compson children. He is quite childish, and he is also selfcentered. He keeps repeating "I ain't a nigger" to Nancy, and she is especially worried he is only concerned about such matters as whether Dilsey will make him a chocolate cake. Like his mother, Jason represents the indifference of many white people to the problems of their black employees.
Quentin narrates the story. He is nine. We see very little of his personality come out in this story; of the.....
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