How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Section.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"Yes," Granny said. "I am following Colonel Sartoris' instructions as I believe he meant them." (2.1.5)
Granny is a tough old bird, but there is one person she's willing to defer to. Even though she spends most of her time being bossy, as the lady of the house she feels that it is her duty to obey her son-in-law's instructions.
Quote #2
She came and shoved Joby aside and stooped to lift the trunk. "Git away, n*****," she said. Joby groaned, then he shoved Louvinia aside.
"Git away, woman," he said. He lifted his end of the trunk, then he looked back at Loosh who had never let his end down. (2.1.38-39)
You might wonder what keeps the slaves around once John is gone and the Yankees have all but kicked the Confederates' butts; it might be duty. They feel an obligation toward Granny and the rest of the Sartoris family, so though guys like Loosh leave first chance they get, they stay to fulfill their duties.
Quote #3
Father said…they not only possessed, but put into practice, ideas about social relationship that maybe fifty years after they were both dead people would have a name for....They believed that land did not belong to people but that people belonged to land and that the earth would permit them to live on and out of it and use it only so long as they behaved and that if they did not behave right, it would shake them off just like a dog getting rid of fleas. (2.2.15)
Uncle Buck and Uncle Buddy are ahead of their time. Instead of treating their plantation as though they had created it, they consider themselves almost guests on it. Their duty isn't to themselves, but rather to the earth. Now that's revolutionary.