# Miss Quentin — The Sound and the Fury character guide

> Miss Quentin in The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Quentin, Poor Quentin

**First appearance:** 0002-april-sixth-1928

## Snapshot

Caddy's daughter, raised under the Compson roof, she fights every hand that tries to hold her — and bolts for the door the moment it loosens.

## Who they are

She lives as the Compsons' ward, a girl whose mother's name is spoken only in whispers and whose schooling, manners, and whereabouts Jason monitors like a debt ledger. Cornered over skipped school and a forged report card, she answers with curses and a slammed door, then cries out for the mother she doesn't have — a want that lands on Dilsey instead. Her defiance turns the household's buried shame into a daily, visible war, and it is her running, more than anyone's remembering, that pulls the family's decline into the present tense.

## In the story

### [April Seventh, 1928](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/chapters/april-seventh-1928)

Defiant and rebellious; argues with Jason; runs away after a confrontation; associated with the man in the red tie.

### [April Sixth, 1928](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/chapters/april-sixth-1928)

Caddy's daughter; mentioned as being locked in her room at night and as an infant brought home by her grandfather.

### [April Eighth, 1928](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sound_and_the_fury_se/chapters/april-eighth-1928)

Miss Quentin is absent from her room, having fled during the night. Her disappearance triggers Jason's rage and Mrs. Compson's anxiety.

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