A Rose For Emily Research Paper

“A Rose for Emily” is a short story by William Faulkner. Faulkner gave us vivid details about what it is like to live in a small town with gossiping community members. Faulkner expressed his viewpoints and emotions through characters along with a mysterious storyline. The plot of the story was solely developed from Emily Grierson’s past and present life. I can relate to the characters, viewpoints, and emotions of Faulkner’s great creation. My overall reaction to Faulkner’s work is easy to provide. In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”, I had some personal connections to the short story. One personal connection was the feel and size of the setting. The town was small and was depicted to be in the south. My post personal connection was with Emily Grierson. The town viewed her as mean and snobbish; however, she was not. Miss Emily was not a young lady. After the town constantly spread rumors, she had a right to be upset. Every girl has had that one rumor that drove her insane. I sympathized with Emily …show more content…
He viewed the world as wicked and sick, but he also felt as if morals and values of every person had to be uniform. Because of this, my view were unchanged and I also disagreed with the Faulkner. I agreed with what he felt; however, these things were not honestly proven. Emily could have been viewed as wicked and sick. Did Emily commit the murders? It was never stated. It annoyed me to know he pointed fingers in Miss Emily’s direction and Emily was never convicted. Faulkner also portrayed how he felt through the townspeople. The townspeople were cruel when it came to Emily. They felt she should have been married instead of shacking with Homer Barron. Homer Barron was a close companion with Miss Emily and the townspeople should have respected that. I feel that life is something that is valued differently according to every individual. Morals and values belong to that individual and should not be determined by