Dilsey's Grandmother In The Commpson

“ ‘Ise seed de first en de last,’ she said, looking at the cold stove, ‘I seed de first en de last’ ” (Faulkner, 375). As Dilsey reflects on herself as she witnesses the fall of the Compson family she realizes that she is helpless to stop it, but serving a family from its being to end, especially one with negligent parents, and taking it upon herself to raise the children must mean she has had a life time of child care experience. This makes her exceptionally qualified and ready to handle the life experience of being a grandparent. Due to the calm and motherly way Dilsey handles and reacts to every situation and problem the Compsons throw at her, she would have no problem transitioning into becoming a caring, motherly grandmother who would instill in her grandchildren honorable virtues by leading by example.
First of all, Dilsey would react to and handle being a grandmother by not only being loving and caring to all her grandchildren, but also a dependable, motherly figure in their life. These are all noticeable characteristics of hers that she puts into practice often. On Benjy’s thirty-third birthday, she goes out and buys him a birthday cake with her own money even though her status does not allow her to have much money as she explains to Mrs. Compson, “I brought it. It never came out of Jason’s pantry. I fixed him some birthday” (Faulkner, 73).
She is always there for the Compson children to guide, sustain, care for, and love them while one of their parents is killing himself with alcohol and the other is self-absorbed and sick. If she was thrown into this position she would no doubt be a great and beneficial person for her grandchildren to have in their