Ron Joyce

William Faulkner constructs “A Rose for Emily” in a manner that follows the traditional ideals and behavior of the small-town American South and formally imitates the back and forth way one tells a story. The first section of the short story begins toward the chronological end of the story, as it starts with Miss Emily’s death and then works its way backward in a way that mimics the thought processes of the townsfolk. The first sentence includes the pronoun “our,” which indicates that the…

The portrayal of the female characters in William Faulkner’s short story, “A Rose for Emily” depicts women in a subordinate light. The title of the story itself suggests a relative connection between a female and the traditional act of giving a rose as a statement of respect or courtship. Indeed, the story revolves around Emily Grierson who appears to have aged badly over the course of her disappointing life. Right from the beginning of the story, Faulkner establishes an assertion of women in…

Running Head: LITERARY COMPARISON 1 LITERARY COMPARISON 7 Literary Comparison Student’s Name: University Affiliation: Literary Comparison A Rose for Emily by Faulkner is a story about a lady called Emily who the town people felt sorry for her and even organized to be paying for her taxes. Emily is a mystery to the town as she does not…

John Updike’s “A&P” and Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” suggests that coming of age in the 60s is markedly different for young men and women. Updike’s Sammy is essentially on a quest for independence from an authoritative figure. The authority figure in question here is Lengel, Sammy’s boss at the A&P, who is portrayed as a “dreary . . . Sunday school” teacher, hides behind the “door marked MANAGER (288). Seeing that Lengel believes in the power of his position…

The Grandmother in “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” The grandmother in Flannery O’Connor short story” A Good Man Is Hard To Find” is a women, who think and talk about herself as a lady. But is she? She is trying to influence her son’s family decision. Providing arguments why not to go to Florida, why Tennessee, where she wants to go would be better choice. Her arguments don’t change trip destination, but on the way down to Florida she invents little lie and uses the children to force side trip on a…

Joyce Carol Oates is an acclaimed writer has written many works that can relate to the everyday person. She writes in a way that causes people to think about their own lives. Her stories tend to connect. “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is a story of a promiscuous girl who is stuck between a rock and a hard place. “ Pumpkin Head” is a story of a seasoned woman who befriends a man who is mentally unstable when he drinks. Her works shows forth reality and the way some humans suffer in…

In “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates, we come to identify a distinct theme of fantasy vs. reality. They come to light and understanding by the two main characters, Connie and Arnold. Through Arnold and the progression of the story we come to be revealed the truth and inaccuracy, by personification of the distinction between reality and what one would perceive to be reality through an adolescent girls mindset, of the understanding of boys and sex, young girls…

The most significant scene in Chapters 29-34 of The Shipping News, by Annie Proulx, is when Quoyle visits the house on Quoyle’s point to pick up some things and immediately after goes to see his cousin Nolan; this scene develops theme in a symbolic, lyrical way as Quoyle faces up to how much his past has been affecting him, as well as his need to stop dwelling on the past. The scene is found on pages 263-265 of the novel. The scene develops the themes of change and moving forward, highlighting…

The short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” by Flannery O ‘Conner, is a tale about a family traveling to Florida for vacation. The family is made up of six members, being: the grandmother, a young girl named June Star, a young boy called John Wesley, a baby, the mother of the children, and Bailey, the father of the children. Throughout the narrative, the family faces arguments and trials and ends up crossing paths with an escaped convict, the misfit, and his two sidekicks. As the story…

Cell Novel Study “‘Prop the door open for him,’ Alice said - the new and harder Alice, who seemed more decisive by the minute.” (King, 107 ) When analyzing the novel Alice-a young 15 year old girl, is introduced as timid and scared, her mother has just attempted to take her life she has also just murdered a cab driver, while speaking in an inaudible language. Alice for obvious reasons is overwrought when the main character clay and his comrade Tom find her. She…