On Jason

At first, I wanted to try to connect Jason's attitude towards everything with much of the resentment certain groups still feel today. However, as I started trying to draw parallels, my paper became convoluted and even rambling. As a result, I simply wrote about how Jason's rejection of certain characters embodied a rejection past, present, and future and how that is the source of his cynicism.

I choose his apathy of Quentin's suicide and the bitterness he harbored against his father as a way for Jason to reject the antebellum South. He rejects the present by scorning blacks, Jews, Earl, and shorting the cotton market. Finally, I point to his abusive relationship with his niece Quentin as a means to portray his feelings towards the future.

Despite the fact that there is no shortage of evidence within Jason's section to prove my points, I still find it a little difficult to write this essay with some conviction. Perhaps the biggest reason is Jason is incredibly one dimensional; making it difficult to point to any one point or another with any real certainty. Best anyone can infer is Jason simply hates life, attaching reasons to it seems arbitrary as many of them are merely Jason's own deflections of his short-comings.  For example, he scorns blacks for being lazy, but he can't even change a tire without their help.

Perhaps another problem is Jason is not a relatable character; easy to understand, sure, but--unless you are a prison psychologist--he doesn't resemble any person we normally come into contact. As a result, presumptions being made about him seem to ring hollow, despite their accuracy.At times, the topic feels too broad, then later too narrow. I do enjoy a challenge, and this paper is no exception; however, at times during the process I feel like I've bit off a bit more than I can chew.