P. 35, Scene 35(1928) I had it when . . .
P. 35, Scene 36 (1898) "Do you think the buzzards . . ."
From the scene of the buzzard in 1912, Benjy's mind returns to the mention of buzzards connected with a scene in 1898, with only a brief interruption (Scene 35) from Luster in 1928. This scene concludes the scenes connected with death; now, to understand Faulkner's technique, the reader should examine how skillfully Faulkner has interwoven the memory of buzzards and moaning and death occurring in numerous scenes; he has brought them and the time sequences into one general picture of death and destruction and decay — a picture that presents the horror of the decadent Compson household. Note also Versh's comment that Jason is going to be a rich man because he has his hands in his pockets all of the time. These little comments later enlarge into motifs that suggest the characteristics of Jason as an adult.
P. 37, Scene 37 (1910) When we looked around . . .
P. 37, Scene 38 (1898) A snake crawled out . . .
P. 37, Scene 39 (1910) You aint got to start . . .
P. 38, Scene 40 (1898) We stopped under the tree . . .
Beginning with Scene 37, Benjy's mind will juxtapose the "sassprilluh" drinking on the night of Caddy's wedding in 1910 with another episode connected with Damuddy's death in 1898. The central connecting image is that of peeping through the window to see either the funeral or the wedding. This image causes Benjy to combine the two scenes in his memory.
