A Rose For Emily: Emily’s Disbelief In The Truth

Part I of Essay
As I searched for a topic to write upon, I was overwhelmed by the number of times I found William Faulkner’s name under tragedy, death and dying. Unfortunately, I have only read one of his pieces, “A Rose for Emily.” This story was very interesting by way of plot, storylin ....

Part II of Essay
.... represented the simplemindedness of the past and the fact that they were okay with the Colonel’s decision. The present was expressed through the narrator, the new generation of townspeople, and Homer Barron. The narrator was representative of the pas mainly through their words and description of what was going on. Homer Barron along with the townspeople represented the “next generation, with its modern ideas” (p. 120) in the present. Miss Emily was characterized as a “fallen monument” (p.119) one of great refinement, an ideal of past valu ....