# Jason Compson IV — The Sound and the Fury character guide > Jason Compson IV in The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Jason, Mr. Jason, Jason Compson **First appearance:** 0002-april-sixth-1928 ## Snapshot The only Compson son who stayed home to work in a hardware store, Jason Compson IV is a petty tyrant who counts every dollar and every insult and forgives neither. ## Who they are Jason runs the Compson household after his father's death, managing his mother's complaints, his niece's truancy, and the family store with the same sour efficiency. He believes he was cheated out of a job and a fortune, and he takes his revenge in small cruelties — withholding money, burning tickets, threatening his niece. His section is the novel's third movement, and his voice is the most lucid and the most poisonous, showing what the Compson decline looks like from inside a ledger. ## Relationships ### [Dilsey Gibson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/characters/dilsey_gibson) _professional_ Dilsey is the Compson family's loyal servant, enduring Jason's cruel and dismissive treatment with stoic resilience. ### [Caroline Compson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/characters/caroline_compson) _family_ Caroline favors Jason as her only competent son, enabling his manipulative and cruel behavior toward the rest of the family. ### [Luster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/characters/luster) _rivalry_ Jason treats Luster with contempt and suspicion, often blaming him for minor disruptions and threatening him. ### [Quentin Compson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/characters/quentin_compson) _family_ Jason despises his niece Quentin (Caddy's daughter), seeing her as a burden and a threat to his control over the family finances. ### [Uncle Job](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/characters/uncle_job) _professional_ Uncle Job is a Black employee at Jason's hardware store, enduring Jason's racist and condescending attitude. ### [Dilsey Gibson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/characters/dilsey_gibson) _professional_ Dilsey is the Compson family's loyal servant, enduring Jason's cruel and dismissive treatment with stoic resilience. ### [Dilsey Gibson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/characters/dilsey_gibson) _professional_ Dilsey is the Compson family's loyal servant, enduring Jason's cruel and dismissive treatment with stoic resilience. ### [Luster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/characters/luster) _rivalry_ Jason treats Luster with contempt and suspicion, often blaming him for minor disruptions and threatening him. ### [Quentin Compson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/characters/quentin_compson) _family_ Jason despises his niece Quentin (Caddy's daughter), seeing her as a burden and a threat to his control over the family finances. ### [Caroline Compson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/characters/caroline_compson) _family_ Caroline favors Jason as her only competent son, enabling his manipulative and cruel behavior toward the rest of the family. ### [Caroline Compson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/characters/caroline_compson) _family_ Caroline favors Jason as her only competent son, enabling his manipulative and cruel behavior toward the rest of the family. ### [Uncle Job](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/characters/uncle_job) _professional_ Uncle Job is a Black employee at Jason's hardware store, enduring Jason's racist and condescending attitude. ## In the story ### [April Seventh, 1928](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/chapters/april-seventh-1928) Present in the household; reads the paper, threatens Miss Quentin, and shows impatience with Benjy. ### [June Second, 1910](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/chapters/june-second-1910) Quentin's brother, referenced in Quentin's thoughts about family conflicts and his mother's favoritism. ### [April Sixth, 1928](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/chapters/april-sixth-1928) Narrator of the chapter; expresses resentment toward his family and bitterness about his financial losses. ### [April Eighth, 1928](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/chapters/april-eighth-1928) Jason is furious and frantic after discovering Miss Quentin's disappearance and the theft of his money. He aggressively searches her room and his own closet, and calls the police. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/characters/jason_compson_iv - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/characters