In Faulkner’s 1930 short story “A Rose for Emily”, Miss Emily, the main character, and her house reflected each other as the story goes on. They show similarities mostly about the appearance, but also about the atmosphere of her and her house. Comparing with the townspeople, Miss Emily came from the upper middle class in White American society so her family had a lot of power in town. Like Miss Emily, her house was “a big, squarish frame house that had once been white”. However, just like Miss Emily, because of the modernization and appearance of new machines, only her house was left from the upper middle class in town. Moreover, Miss Emily’s her hair turning gray resembled her house was also changing its color from white, representing wealth,
