In the last chapter of The Sound and the Fury,  there is a grand emphasis on the downfall of the compson family. Caddy, though, has been exemplified through this whole book, especially this chapter, as the provider in a sense. She provides each character with a specific piece of knowledge or necessary feeling. For example, she provides Benjy with a sense of security and familiarity, and that constant is so important to Benjy's functioning. She is in a way,  the dominant one in the family and book.  After reading the book, I felt a sense of feminism eminating off of Faulkner's words. It seemed as though the females had a more dependent role for the other characters. The males signified a failure in the patriarchal society and how the males were actually dependent on the woman for a sense of identity.   I enjoyed the feminist aspects of the novel and truth it brings.