Since the Benjy section is so difficult, and since it presents problems that the reader has never before encountered in any other novel (that is, no amount of prior reading really prepares readers for what they are about to experience in this particular novel), it might be useful to number and date each scene, using the following outline. Faulkner himself realized how confusing this section would be and hoped to have it printed in various colored inks — color coded, as it were. His publisher refused the request.
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