What has the Compson family lost?
The Compson family as a whole has lost everything that they once were. They've lost their reputation, their ability to function as a family unit, and their love for one another. In the physical sense, Quentin is gone forever becaues of his death, yet Caddy can also be thought of as "lost" because she's a character who has no indication of coming back. Emotionally, Jason has lost the control he longs to hold on to and Benjy has lost the comfort of farmiliarity that kept him sane.

What is the source of the tension in Dilsey's section?
I think that Dilsey's section is unique above the others because she seems to have very little bias towards any of the characters. She never gives her opinion of each person or tells the reader anything about her own personal judgement. Instead, she uses description to show the reader what is going on in a situation, but keeps enough distance of her own thoughts to make the source of tension minimal.


What is Faulkner asking us to consider here?
Faulkner is asking us to consider the roles of each of the characters in comparison to the others. Quentin is seen