Importance of Point of View and Narration in Concepts of Literature Ethically responsible. Knowing the difference as to what is the honorable choice versus the substandard choice. Can we be held accountable for our actions towards one and other without a sense of what is morally acceptable in society? The literary pieces in discussed both pose the question to the reader as how they would handle the being responsible for a child’s demise or discovering a cryptic shrine from a grief ridden woman? Comparatively, in “A Rose for Emily” are the townspeople responsible as to what came of Emily Grierson? Or better yet is the child who sits in a dim, depressing and mildew filled cellar solely so the society above can carry on in a utopia like setting
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Griersons property. As the story line progresses the tone towards Miss. Emily changes from disinterest to sympathy which would prompt the idea that instead of the townspeople narrating that the true narrator is someone who more intimately invested into her wellbeing than someone who is simply concerned with her social status. Over the span of writings of Faulkner, it depicts the struggles Emily has faced in her rather grim existence from her refusal to comply with the mandatory county tax or whenever she is so ridden with grief that she clung to her father’s lifeless body. While a collaborative narrating tone seems to be the best fit for the piece experts often argue that the narrator is her former servant Tobe. Correspondingly, Ms. Grierson is often addressed as “Miss Emily” throughout the novel which would support the hypothesis that Tobe is in fact the narrator. The level of personal attachment seemed to grow as the story ended and there were only a handful of people that Miss Emily Grierson let into her life. An omniscient narrator claims that they were already aware of the sealed upstairs bedroom. This specific type of narration …show more content…
“The Ones Who Walk away from the Omelas” is set in a idealistic society where everything is seemingly perfect. Picturesque scenery, music ringing down the winding streets and free of the pressures of any major authority shapes the Omelas into a passionate and intuitive society. Likewise, in A Rose for Emily the types of narration are similar in both literary works. The Narrator seems to have vast knowledge of the history surrounding the Omelas and the building blocks of their society. First person observer seemed to be the most accurate type of narration in the piece solely because the narrator isn’t considered to be a main character per say and acts as the informative voice by elaborating on the background of the setting and society of the Omelas. The piece takes a rather dark turn when attention is called to the malnourished child who lives under the city in a constant state of suffering to keep the rest of the population above content. Who takes the moral responsibility for the poor existence that the child is forced to abide in? The whole purpose of the passage is to emphasize that pure happiness does not come without sacrifice. This discovery poses a question to the reader “Could you live in an idealistic society while knowing that you are the cause to a single child’s
Griersons property. As the story line progresses the tone towards Miss. Emily changes from disinterest to sympathy which would prompt the idea that instead of the townspeople narrating that the true narrator is someone who more intimately invested into her wellbeing than someone who is simply concerned with her social status. Over the span of writings of Faulkner, it depicts the struggles Emily has faced in her rather grim existence from her refusal to comply with the mandatory county tax or whenever she is so ridden with grief that she clung to her father’s lifeless body. While a collaborative narrating tone seems to be the best fit for the piece experts often argue that the narrator is her former servant Tobe. Correspondingly, Ms. Grierson is often addressed as “Miss Emily” throughout the novel which would support the hypothesis that Tobe is in fact the narrator. The level of personal attachment seemed to grow as the story ended and there were only a handful of people that Miss Emily Grierson let into her life. An omniscient narrator claims that they were already aware of the sealed upstairs bedroom. This specific type of narration …show more content…
“The Ones Who Walk away from the Omelas” is set in a idealistic society where everything is seemingly perfect. Picturesque scenery, music ringing down the winding streets and free of the pressures of any major authority shapes the Omelas into a passionate and intuitive society. Likewise, in A Rose for Emily the types of narration are similar in both literary works. The Narrator seems to have vast knowledge of the history surrounding the Omelas and the building blocks of their society. First person observer seemed to be the most accurate type of narration in the piece solely because the narrator isn’t considered to be a main character per say and acts as the informative voice by elaborating on the background of the setting and society of the Omelas. The piece takes a rather dark turn when attention is called to the malnourished child who lives under the city in a constant state of suffering to keep the rest of the population above content. Who takes the moral responsibility for the poor existence that the child is forced to abide in? The whole purpose of the passage is to emphasize that pure happiness does not come without sacrifice. This discovery poses a question to the reader “Could you live in an idealistic society while knowing that you are the cause to a single child’s