Strawberry Spring and A rose for Emily are two great stories that have some similarities between them. Both are full of mystery and surprise, but certain aspects of them made them different. Strawberry’s Spring Narration is better because the protagonist of the story is the one doing it. The ending is more surprising and changes completely the way in which the reader had understood the story. Strawberry’s Spring protagonist has a more interesting personality and has a more active role in the story than A Rose for Emily’s protagonist. Strawberry Spring is a better story than A rose from Emily.
Strawberry’s Spring narration is better than a Rose for Emily’s one because it is narrated by its protagonist. This gives the reader a better perspective …show more content…
During the story, the protagonist projects himself as one of the victims of the fear and sadness that the murders had brought to the school. “ I had my own car on campus, and I took six people downstate with me..It wasn’t a pleasant ride. For all any of us knew, Springheel Jack might have been in the car with us” ( King 184. Through the reading, the protagonist mentions how the students were scared about what was happening in the school. Students were overwhelmed by the fear of not knowing who the killer was and he does not mention anything that could give the reader an idea of who could be the killer. This mystery is revealed when the narrator talks about his fear of opening his car’s trunk and that he thinks that he was with a woman the night before, the night when another woman was murdered during the strawberry spring. The reader’s perspective of the story changes completely with this. On “ A rose for Emily” the ending is similar because the protagonist is also a murderer, but some events are mentioned during the story that give the reader a clue of what is going to happen. The smell of death coming from her house and the poison that she bought, give the reader a hint about what happened with Homer Barron when he disappeared. When a corpse is found at the end, the reader now understands what happened with Barron. This ending is …show more content…
He gives the story a complete twist at the end and also provides a background of what is happening at the time of the crimes. There, he describes how the students on campus reacted after each one of the murders. He was a serial killer who murdered several people during and after his college years, but he was not scared of getting caught. He walked around the university watching how people were terrified of the killer, but he did not hide or ran. He stayed and watched how fear and sadness affected everyone and this made the story more interesting. He gives a personal perspective of how the students was reacting. “The fog came again that night..I walked that night.. That was one of the most beautiful nights I can rememeber”(King 179) While the rest of the students were scared, he was out again looking for another victim. He was not scared of the police, he was enjoying the moment. This makes the protagonist more interesting to the reader because he is the one narrating all these events. It is not revealed until the end that he is the killer and the story has a complete twist. On the other side, A Rose for Emily’s Protagonist’s has a more passive role. ” Thus she passed from generation to generation- dear, inescapable, impervious, tranquil, and perverse”. (Faulkner 655). She has a more secretive lifestyle and the people around her narrate what
Strawberry’s Spring narration is better than a Rose for Emily’s one because it is narrated by its protagonist. This gives the reader a better perspective …show more content…
During the story, the protagonist projects himself as one of the victims of the fear and sadness that the murders had brought to the school. “ I had my own car on campus, and I took six people downstate with me..It wasn’t a pleasant ride. For all any of us knew, Springheel Jack might have been in the car with us” ( King 184. Through the reading, the protagonist mentions how the students were scared about what was happening in the school. Students were overwhelmed by the fear of not knowing who the killer was and he does not mention anything that could give the reader an idea of who could be the killer. This mystery is revealed when the narrator talks about his fear of opening his car’s trunk and that he thinks that he was with a woman the night before, the night when another woman was murdered during the strawberry spring. The reader’s perspective of the story changes completely with this. On “ A rose for Emily” the ending is similar because the protagonist is also a murderer, but some events are mentioned during the story that give the reader a clue of what is going to happen. The smell of death coming from her house and the poison that she bought, give the reader a hint about what happened with Homer Barron when he disappeared. When a corpse is found at the end, the reader now understands what happened with Barron. This ending is …show more content…
He gives the story a complete twist at the end and also provides a background of what is happening at the time of the crimes. There, he describes how the students on campus reacted after each one of the murders. He was a serial killer who murdered several people during and after his college years, but he was not scared of getting caught. He walked around the university watching how people were terrified of the killer, but he did not hide or ran. He stayed and watched how fear and sadness affected everyone and this made the story more interesting. He gives a personal perspective of how the students was reacting. “The fog came again that night..I walked that night.. That was one of the most beautiful nights I can rememeber”(King 179) While the rest of the students were scared, he was out again looking for another victim. He was not scared of the police, he was enjoying the moment. This makes the protagonist more interesting to the reader because he is the one narrating all these events. It is not revealed until the end that he is the killer and the story has a complete twist. On the other side, A Rose for Emily’s Protagonist’s has a more passive role. ” Thus she passed from generation to generation- dear, inescapable, impervious, tranquil, and perverse”. (Faulkner 655). She has a more secretive lifestyle and the people around her narrate what