His rejection of his "birthright" suggests that devotion to a friend takes precedence over familial ties.
His frank and open devotion to Charles Bon indicates that he is a simple, unsophisticated person who responds directly to other people. He is, perhaps, the least complex figure in this complex novel. Having established Henry as having the Coldfield sensibility, we then can predict most of his action. Yet in spite of Henry's over-refined sensibilities, it is still his duty to effect the resolution of the situation. Henry, like the Coldfields, is a romantic, and all of the Coldfield romanticism carries over to Henry, as is indicated in the fight scene, the repudiation of his birthright, and the fratricide. Rather his sensibility is more delicate, more closely associated with the Coldfield sensibility. This first view sets the tone for Henry's character and suggests that he did not take after his father - that he is not a true Sutpen.
Our first view of Henry is at the violent scene at the end of the first chapter.
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