Do we really aim to DESTROY the person we love, or is it just that we love them so much we destruct our life to keep them? Why is it important for us to love things that we find precarious? Most importantly, why do we look to things that murder our conscious and damage our heart? Using a short story, William Faulkner discusses that isolation and loneliness can lead to destruction.
The word “desolation” can be defined as a state of complete emptiness or destruction. Typically, the warfare of desolation takes place when a person’s emotions have been destroyed. The theme of the short story A Rose for Emily is destruction. Destruction is the best word to describe the life of Emily Grierson. Generally, destruction occurs when the problems of life attack us and instead of retaliating we are destroyed. We as humans, however, are more sensitive, which means we are quick to change and detect slight changes and influences.
“A Rose for Emily” is set in Mississippi (probably 18th century) at a time when people were close knit with their family members. Written by William Faulkner, this short story tells of a mysterious girl (Emily Grierson) who one day is changed by the sting of death. The people in the town spoke about Emily Grierson to each other, almost everyone speaking about the same …show more content…
The rose symbolized Homer Barron’s love for Emily and also, the love her father had for her. The rose was ironic because it symbolized both love and destruction at the same time. Emily had people in her life who loved and cared about her. Emily also had a bad attitude, if she would of saw things in a different perspective she would have not faced destruction in her life. Emily dwelled in a desolate mental state of mind, which caused her life to be
The word “desolation” can be defined as a state of complete emptiness or destruction. Typically, the warfare of desolation takes place when a person’s emotions have been destroyed. The theme of the short story A Rose for Emily is destruction. Destruction is the best word to describe the life of Emily Grierson. Generally, destruction occurs when the problems of life attack us and instead of retaliating we are destroyed. We as humans, however, are more sensitive, which means we are quick to change and detect slight changes and influences.
“A Rose for Emily” is set in Mississippi (probably 18th century) at a time when people were close knit with their family members. Written by William Faulkner, this short story tells of a mysterious girl (Emily Grierson) who one day is changed by the sting of death. The people in the town spoke about Emily Grierson to each other, almost everyone speaking about the same …show more content…
The rose symbolized Homer Barron’s love for Emily and also, the love her father had for her. The rose was ironic because it symbolized both love and destruction at the same time. Emily had people in her life who loved and cared about her. Emily also had a bad attitude, if she would of saw things in a different perspective she would have not faced destruction in her life. Emily dwelled in a desolate mental state of mind, which caused her life to be