Carol Shields

A Rose For Emily Literary Analysis Alejandra Cuellar As someone who lives in the South, the battle between tradition and modernization has always been prominent and discussed over the course of many years. In A Rose for Emily, William Faulkner uses a lot of symbolism to depict how life was in the Old South and how a post-civil war community is dragged through the arrival of progress. Faulkner uses tools of description and familiarity to address change in the South in a mature manner, while…

A Rose for Emily “When Miss Emily Grierson died…” is the enigmatic and captivating beginning to William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily.” These words introduce a character and story that immediately capture the reader’s eagerness to know more. “It was a big squarish frame house that had once been white… Only Miss Emily’s house was left” (Faulkner 91). This first description of Emily’s home is our first look at the world she loves in. Throughout “A Rose for Emily” Faulkner uses many facets of…

Joyce Carol Oates is known for writing demented stories about adolescent girls craving attention from the opposite sex and trying and failing to find their path in life. Her most popular story with that such plot is “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?” In this story, a fifteen-year-old girl named Connie who, like every teenage girl, loves spending weekend nights in town and attention from the opposite sex. However, her innocence and vulnerability eventually lead her into the trap of a…

In the Introduction essay of the book written by Joyce Carol Oates, she explains how you are going to think and feel after reading a few of these essays. She notifies you on the different types of essays you are going to be reading and helps you have an idea of the action you will face. I really enjoyed how…

“Bernice Bobs Her Hair” by F. Scott Fitzgerald and “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates are stories about two different teenage women, despite living in different eras and different social classes, who seek to change who they are because society tells them to. “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” is during the transition from the Victorian era into the jazz age, where women began to gain their social independence and the women’s suffrage movement, also known as “the first wave”.…

In the short story, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been, by Joyce Carol Oates, the setting is set in the 1960’s in America. The story has different situations such as: Connie’s house, the shopping plaza, the movie theater, and the drive-in restaurant. One day in a drive-in restaurant a guy seeks interest on Connie and marks her as his belonging. Days later the guy, Arnold Friend, shows up to Connie’s house when she’s alone and tells her to come outside with him so they can be together;…

“A Rose for Emily” is a short story where a mentally ill woman, as a result of her neglectful father, kills her lover. In “A Rose for Emily,” the author William Faulkner displays that the murder of Emily Grierson’s boyfriend was not gender-driven. As seen throughout the story, Emily’s father constantly neglected her and treated her as if she did not matter. The proof that this murder was not gender-driven is seen throughout the story with the author’s use of the third-person narrator, irony,…

“Miss Brill” compared to “A Rose for Emily” “Miss Brill” was published in 1922, written by William Faulkner with the main character being that of Miss Brill. “A Rose for Emily” published in 1930, written by Katherine Mansfield with the main character being Emily Grierson. Although both stories were written long ago the stories are just as prevalent in today’s society. Similarly both Miss Brill and Emily suffered from loneliness and their own delusions, on the other hand Miss Brill was never…

In “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, several aspects of Emily’s life drive her to different extremes. Her actions throughout the story are heavily influenced by her surroundings. Emily lives a small, southern town set in the early 1900’s after the civil war. The traditional culture of this area and her town compels her to do certain things. The setting is a significant part of the story because it influences the main characters actions and contributes to the plot. “A Rose for Emily” takes…

The Gothic Genre and “The Raven” The word “Gothic” usually suggests adolescents in dark makeup and loud music. In literature though, “Gothic” means something much different. The Gothic genre sets itself apart from other literary genres in many ways. Gothic works usually take place in a strange, mysterious setting and have themes of extreme mental and/or physical isolation. The Gothic genre is also known for the sentiment of the frightening unfamiliar, that is also strangely familiar. The…