Faulkner seems to realize that a boy at this age doesn't know that Uncle Willy is harming himself and would have harmed the boy too if he had to and that he is not looking to the boy to have fun but using him just to have the drugs he needed. When the boy grows older he would probably view the situation differently, such as his father was viewing Uncle Willy. .
Another story that is narrated by a young boy is That Evening Sun. This story focuses around a southern family's slave named, Nancy. Nancy is a pregnant prostitute that had recently angered her ex-lover with these actions. She begs her the narrator's father to walk her home every night because she always has a feeling her ex-lover is waiting to murder her. The young boy observes this situation much differently than his two younger siblings who are oblivious of her fear for her life. The two younger siblings even seem to be oblivious to the fact that she is human stating things like, "I aint a nigger, am I?" This contrasts with the oldest boy who says nothing although he has a better understanding of her life. At one point Nancy uses the children as protection by asking them to stay with her at her cabin, though the children don't want to. The younger kids complain and cry, "I"m telling" while the older boy just watches. The older boy seems to be observing these actions of Nancy and the kids. He still describes her actions as "the water coming down her face," instead of crying or "she made a noise that wasn't singing and wasn't crying," for her wincing which shows that he doesn't quite know what she's doing but he seems to know it is significant. Faulkner seems to capture the moment in a boy's life when he is just starting to understand the events going on around him, unlike his brother and sister who just naively play. The ending of the story doesn't tell you whether or not Nancy actually is murdered the last night the father leaves her at her cabin.
