Jason Chapter April 6, 1928

Jason, not the father Jason, is the younger brother of Quentin III and Caddy, the older brother of Benjy. From the other chapters, we know him as a cry baby. We also learned that he is mean. Caddy greatly disliked him because he was mean to Benjy, an example of this is when he took one of Benjy's dolls and cut it; Caddy was so mad that she threatened to cut him. 

We would hope that he would grow up to become more mature and kinder. WRONG! He is even worse. He is bitter. As is noticeable in the first sentence of his chapter, "Once a bitch always a bitch, what I say." He is cynical and pessimistic along with being Mommy's favorite boy (which means that he can do anything and not get in trouble. The irony of his relationship with his mother is that he could care less about her, because he is self centered, but she thinks the world of him, because after all he is a Bascomb.

He also mean to his niece, Miss Quentin (Caddy's illegitimate child). He nearly beat her with his belt; she did deserve to be punished for skipping school, but his idea of punishment is borderline Draconian. Also, he is stealing money from Quentin. Caddy sends money to her, but Jason pockets most of it and only gives her ten dollars. He has stolen thousands from his sister and wasted it on gambling on the cotton market (something he seems to do religiously). On top of all that, on page 132, it says he is giving Lorraine, a prostitute in Memphis, forty dollars whenever he sees her, and even though she seems interested in him (she writes him and wants him to call her), he doesn't give a damn. His heart is consumed with his arrogance, greed, and stupidity that is had no room for anyone else. This is if he has a heart. 

I think he may not have a heart. One time Caddy came to him and asked him to let her see Quentin (her mother refused to let her have contact with Quentin because she wanted to "protect her") She was desperate and willing to give him a hundred dollars, he said he would, but only if she gave him the money first, after she did he left her high and dry saying that he would need a thousand dollars, she says she'll get the money. Again, she goes to talk to him, but this time she says she won't see him, but she will send checks so that Quentin can get the things all girls deserve along with letters. But as I mentioned before, Jason pockets most of the cash for himself, but at least Quentin knows her mother (kind of); honestly, I don't think that Quentin really cares about her mother, she, like Jason, only uses her for money, as is evident when she confronted Jason about the money her mother was sending her and the tantrum she threw when he kept telling her that Cady only sent ten dollars.