After finishing Jason's chapter, irony quickly came to mind! Finally we get a character who is not as difficult to understand, yet his thoughts are ones we don't want to interpret! Jason makes his thoughts raw and blunt. His strong opinions and selfish attitude make him an egotistical character. This is seen specifically when Jason complains about how he didn't get to go to Harvard when he quotes himself and says "I never had time to go to Harvard or drink myself into the ground (114). " In this sentence Jason is referring to the fact that Quentin got all the opportunities in their family and Jason is jealous of this. This passage also goes on to demonstrate how Jason is very focused on what others think of him. Perhaps this is one of the reasons Jason chooses to criticize others so harshly; because he is so insecure himself. Jason appears to be anti-semitic, racist, and sexist.
Below are quotes where each are seen within Jason's writing:
Anti-Semitic
"'I have nothing against Jews as an individual,' I says. 'It's just the race. You'll admit they produce nothing. They follow the pioneers into a new country and sell them clothes (120). '"
(quotes himself)
Racist
"'We'll just put this off a while. But don't think you can run it over me. I'm not an old woman, nor an old half dead nigger, either. You dam little slut,' I says (117)."
(quotes himself)
Sexist against women
"She was old she couldn't do any more than move hardly. But that's all right: we need somebody in the kitchen to eat up the grub the young ones can't tote off (116)."
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