In the short story “ A Rose for Emily,” by William Faulkner, Emily’s life can go in chronological order with the information given in the story; however, Faulkner deliberately uses the flashback method to keep his readers interest in the story. By using this method and going back to the flashback the reader wants to know the ending . Knowing by reading the story, there is some twist at the end, but the passage leaves the reader uncertain to what the twist is. If the writer writes the story in chronological order than in the middle of the story tells the readers that Emily kills Homer Barron and has left his body in their bed. Writing in chronological order leaves no twist at the end of the story, and the readers see no purpose to continue
