The mysterious man Miss Quentin allegedly elopes with is referred to only as the man with the red tie.

Benjy's earliest memory revolves around Caddy climbing a tree, and he associates her with trees throughout the rest of the story.

He buys her a cinnamon bun and an ice cream cone.

On June 2, 1910, Quentin throws himself off a bridge and drowns in the Charles River.

Jason and Caddy get into a fight when Caddy discovers that Jason has maliciously cut all of Benjy's paper dolls into pieces.

Born Maury Compson, his name is changed to Benjamin in 1900, when he is discovered to be mentally handicapped.

Shreve is Quentin's roommate at Harvard. Faulkner describes him as "pumpkin-faced," "pink-cheeked," and bespectacled.

Caddy never develops a voice of her own, but rather allows her brothers' emotions towards her to develop her character.

A sensitive and intelligent boy, Quentin is preoccupied with his love for his sister Caddy and his notion of the Compson family's honor.

Insensitive Jason, as a child, was especially attached to Damuddy.