To make things more confusing, Benjy's narration is disjointed in time, slipping between past and present without warning.

为了让事情更加混乱，本吉的叙述在时间上是支离破碎的，毫无预警地在过去和现在之间切换。

" Benjy" . she said. " How did you slip out. Where's Versh" .

“班吉”。 她说。“你怎么溜出去的。维尔施呢” 。

" Benjy" . Caddy said. " It's just Charlie. Dont you know Charlie" .

“班吉”。 凯迪说。“这只是查理。你不认识查理吗” 。

" Shhhhhh, Benjy" . T. P. said. " We'll be out in a minute" .

“嘘，班吉”。 T. P. 说。 “我们一会儿就出去”。

Your name is Benjy, Caddy said.

你叫班吉， 卡迪说。

" What is it, Benjy" . Caddy said. " Tell Caddy. She'll do it. Try" .

“怎么了，班吉”。 凯迪说。“告诉 Caddy。她会做的。试试看” 。

" Here some hickeynuts. Whooey. Git up that tree. Look here at this squirl, Benjy" .

“这里有一些山核桃。哇哦。爬上那棵树。看看这只松鼠， 班吉” 。

Mother said to not call him Benjy, Quentin said.

妈妈说不要叫他班吉， 昆汀说。

" Drink this, Benjy" . Quentin said. The glass was hot. " Hush, now" . Quentin said. " Drink it" .

“喝这个，本吉”。 昆汀说。玻璃很烫。“安静”。 昆汀说。“喝吧” 。

Les show dem niggers how quality does, Benjy, " he said. "

“让黑鬼们看看质量如何， 本吉，” 他说。

He cut up all Benjy's dolls, Caddy said.

他切碎了班吉所有的洋娃娃，卡迪说。

T. P. went and looked in the kitchen door. Dilsey said, What are you peeping in here for. Where's Benjy.

T.P. 去厨房门里看了看。迪尔西说，你偷看这里干什么。本吉在哪儿。

A fine dead sound we will swap Benjy's pasture for a fine dead sound.

一个很好的死声音我们将把班吉的牧场换成一个很好的死声音。

" And hurry back and feed Benjy" .

“然后快点回去喂班吉” 。

For example, " The Sound and the Fury" combines the narratives of Benjy, Quentin, and Jason Compson, three brothers haunted by memories of their sister Caddy.

例如，《喧哗与骚动》结合了本吉、昆廷和贾森·康普森三兄弟的叙述，他们受到对姐姐卡蒂记忆的困扰。

Let us sell Benjy's pasture so that Quentin may go to Harvard and I may knock my bones together and together.

让我们卖掉本吉的牧场， 这样昆汀就可以去哈佛， 我就可以把我的骨头拼在一起了。

" Hush up" . T. P. said, trying not to laugh. " Lawd, they'll all hear us. Get up" . T. P. said. " Get up, Benjy, quick" . He was thrashing about and laughing and I tried to get up.

“闭嘴”。 T. P. 说，尽量不要笑。 “Lawd，他们都会听到我们的声音。起来”。 T. P. 说。 “起来，班吉，快点”。他一边打一边笑，我试着站起来。