The Results of a Strange Man's Prejudice and Willfulness

Thomas Sutpen is an extremely willful man who seeks to assert his power over more than simply his assets, but his life as well. When things do not go his way, he is willing to walk away from the people in his current life to start a new one, or might go so far as to persuade and force another person to take extreme measures. It is easy to connect that, each death (At the very least, each murder) is a result of Thomas Sutpen’s meddling or involvement. Charles Bon met his end at the hands of his closest friend Henry for several reasons, but most importantly it was because Charles was part black, and also because he was Thomas’ own son. Henry immediately flew into a rage after his father, Thomas Sutpen, gave the information that noted Charles as partially black. This associated with the fact that Charles was about to marry Henry’s sister, led to the inevitable murder of Charles. All of which would have been avoided if not for Thomas’ very existence.
Thomas feels like a list of bad choices in life. If he had remained married to his first wife, even though she and his son were partially black, the story would have been different but the murders would not have occurred, if only for the fact that Henry and his sister would not have existed. But also, Thomas himself would not have been murdered, and neither would have Milly Jones (most likely). If not this, then if Thomas had said nothing about Charles’ partial ethnicity, it is likely that Henry might have never found out unless someone else brought it up (Which is unlikely since Thomas, Eulalia and Charles were three of the very few number of people who knew). At this, Charles and Judith would have married, and the Sutpen and Bon families would likely have had a better chance of surviving.
The basic idea is that Thomas holds most of the responsibility for the way that this entire story ended, which can be considered fairly amazing that his actions and words were enough to destroy the future of his family, as well as his own life. This story certainly focuses on the consequences of extreme prejudice, and the amount of external and internal damage that it can bring to an individual. It also focuses the violent personality within the “civilized” mindset of the Southern families. Thomas was considered a bit of a demon, even a savage, and focused only on his wants and needs, instead of that of the family he now had, or the responsibilities he held over others. It seemed more like every slave served more as a form of personal satisfaction, whether through sex or violence simply depended on the gender. It is possible that this shows just how unlikely it is to create something like a family and a strong name in the South when the founder of said family holds no understanding of what it means to be a southerner, nor does he have any inclination to wish to learn, even though it makes such a mess of himself and those connected to him by the end of it all.