In his short story “A Rose for Emily,” William Faulkner’s allegorical work critiques the relationship between the North and the South after the Civil War. Through careful examination of setting and character analysis, Faulkner is specifically arguing how the South wasn’t in mint condition after the Civil War, through his use of allegory. Faulkner uses Emily and her environment to precisely represent the South. One key reason that the South wasn’t in mint condition after the Civil War is that the setting of the story took place in the South, and everything around Miss Emily’s house was demolished. For example, when Faulkner summarized the environment near Miss Emily's house, he concludes, "But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated
