The way short story is told is unique firstly it’s told from the perspective of the town (first people) and secondly there is no sense of organization of thoughts, the narrators randomly reminisce of various incidents which involved the deceased Emily. When Emily Grierson died, the whole town went to her funeral. The women of the town went mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which is "a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies.” It starts with the mayor, Colonel Sartoris, exempting her from paying taxes after the death of her father. After the death of Colonel Sartoris almost a decade has passed and the new generation of leaders which included a new mayor and a board of alderman attempts to get Emily to resume paying her taxes but she is adamant that she has “no taxes in Jefferson” which is a prime example of her inability to accept
The way short story is told is unique firstly it’s told from the perspective of the town (first people) and secondly there is no sense of organization of thoughts, the narrators randomly reminisce of various incidents which involved the deceased Emily. When Emily Grierson died, the whole town went to her funeral. The women of the town went mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which is "a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies.” It starts with the mayor, Colonel Sartoris, exempting her from paying taxes after the death of her father. After the death of Colonel Sartoris almost a decade has passed and the new generation of leaders which included a new mayor and a board of alderman attempts to get Emily to resume paying her taxes but she is adamant that she has “no taxes in Jefferson” which is a prime example of her inability to accept