Faulkner book The Sound and the Fury chooses to ignore chronological order. Faulkner's decision to do this can make the book difficult to read. The best advice I can give to help you read is to pay attention to which servant is taking care of Benjy. You can tell where in time the passage is based on who is taking care of Benjy. If you can tell when you are the book begins to become easier to understand and follow. Faulkner's choice to not follow a liner time line is not one he made idly. Once you are able to distinguish time periods the next question you ask yourself is why and how time is constantly changing.