Jewel's Coping Abilities

"Wait Jewel, I say. But he will not wait. He is almost running now and Cash is left behind. It seems to me that the end which I now carry alone has no weight as though it coasts like a rushing straw upon the furious tide of Jewel's despair. I am not even touching it when, turning he lets it overshoot him, swinging and stops it and sloughs it into the wagon bed in the same motion and looks back at me, his face suffused with fury and despair." :Goddamn you, Goddamn you." (Faulkner 98,99).

To me these lines give good insight into Jewel's character and how he copes with the death of his mother. All the siblings have their own unique personality and way they act. Jewel stands out the most to me as he is the sporadic hothead who expresses his grief by actions such as hoisting his mother's coffin into the wagon by himself. It to me signifies how he is dealing with the despair of his dead mother all by himself even if people are there to give comfort or help. Physically Jewel is the tallest and strongest of the family. His feelings are not as built up as Vardaman's or Darl's who express their grief in the form of thought in their adolescent minds. Jewel's grief is expressed by his outbursts of physical strength. Anger and defiance are what drives him as a character to do the things he does such as riding his horse when told not to by Anse in respect to his mother. By acting out in aggression it is hard to know how strongly Jewel truly felt about his mother when compared to his siblings who are understandable by the narration of their thoughts while you are left with just Jewel's defiance and outbursts. It becomes evident that Jewel's passion for his mother is the most noble when compared to his siblings especially Darl. Jewel's actions show how proud of a person he is and how strong he is not only physically but in his heart. When Jewel says, "Goddamn you. Goddamn you." after loading the coffin it is just his way of expressing his pain and anguish to others as they do not share the same sentiments and sorrows the way he does.
Discussion Question- How would you describe the relationship between Anse and Jewel and which of his siblings do think relates to him the most if any?