Just a Jerk- The Jason Chapter

I'm finally to the "easy" part of The Sound and the Fury. Finally someone who does not switch between the past and present without notice! Instead he is racist, anti-Semitic, sexist, and shows no respect for his mother. To be honest I prefer Quentin any day. Jason is consistently complaining about the state that his family is in, but he's to busy blaming others to know that he contributes to the Compson's lost honor. He is obsessed with money, and would do anything to get it, including scamming his mother and niece. He is a hypocrite, and always insults his family for their behavior when his is actually much worse. But to a certain degree, he doesn't think that he's really doing anything that wrong. In his chapter, his thoughts depict him as an unlucky man trying to save his family, but his actions show him as he truly is.
From the previous chapters, we know that Jason is different from the other siblings. Quentin and Caddy were best friends, and even from a young age Jason has sort of resented them for that. I saw that in Benjy's flashback in the river, when Jason tells on them after promising he wouldn't. This shows that there has always been mistrust and betrayal in his relationships with his brother and sister. Jason doesn't actually seem to be close to anyone. Even though he is his mother's favorite, he doesn't really seem to respect her. Then again, I guess my mom would drive me crazy too if I lived with her for the rest of my life. But he always lies to her. He makes it seem like he works extremely hard for his money, but he never seemed to actually be working, not to mention he deposits Caddy's checks that his mother thinks she's burning. He makes his mother come to dinner even when she's feeling ill.
Jason seems blames all his bitterness and problems on Caddy. I can see him thinking, If Caddy hadn't slept around, then Quentin would not have killed himself, and I could've gotten my job at the bank. He's stuck in the past because he keeps blaming all his problems on the past, even though its now Caddy that sends him $200 a month, which is a lot even now. Like Quentin, his relationship with Caddy has formed his judgement on all women. But instead of thinking of them as sisters, Jason has a general hatred for them. He is unkind to his mistress, Loraine, and giving her money instead of actually forming a relationship with her. He blames Caddy and his other female relatives for not getting married, "No thank you I have all the women I can take care of now if I married a wife she'd probably turn out to be a hop head or something. That's all we lack in this family" (154) He sees himself as the head of a failing family, taking care of the helpless women. I think its very ironic that the women take care of him in reality. If it wasn't for his mother, he wouldn't have a job.
Jason is a bitter man with no morals. He is completely unlikable, and is probably unliked by everyone that is not his mother. He provides an interesting contrast to his siblings. Another thing I found to be ironic, his mother views Caddy, Quentin and Benjy as being "judgments upon her" yet her savior Jason is not better; I don't recall any of the "Compson" kids stealing $1000 from her to "invest in the store." He is different from the others, he's worse.