Ron Joyce

From the beginning Flannery O’Connor’s writing developed into the style most commonly known as “Southern gothic”. Southern gothic is a style of literature that misleads and disrupt characters in malevolent situations. O’Connors writing not only expresses religion and morality in her stories, but also shows how the two meet head-on. O’Connor also describes her fiction subject as “the action of grace in territory held largely by the devil” (3). Many of O’Connor’s stories begin with real-life…

In “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?,” Joyce Oates shows how Connie’s drive for boys turns into Connie’s worst nightmare when one shows up at her house, Arnold Friend, threatening to do harm to her and her family if she doesn’t do what she’s told. When Connie doesn’t do what she’s told, however, Arnold threatens to kill her family and kidnap Connie. For example, the theme of a worst nightmare coming true is seen throughout many stories, like Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None.…

Okhipo 1 Joseph Okhipo Susan Philips English 1102 26 October 2016 A Reading of William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily” William Faulkner’s “A rose for Emily” story is a very fascinating one. In “A rose for Emily” Faulkner tells the story of a lady who has been through a whole lot of drama in her life. Faulkner’s choice of imagery sets a very clear tone for the main motif of the story which is death. Everyone would see a rose as a mere flower or a sign of love and beauty but in this…

In the short story “A Rose For Emily”, by William Faulkner shows how Miss Emily, the protagonist, is a product of her old southern upbringing. She does not deal with money or do her own shopping, which is why the town has such a difficult time dealing with her about her unpaid taxes and why she has had a servant all her life. She neither thinks nor acts like anyone in town and even where she lives is part of an earlier tradition and way of life which is now decaying. These are not particularly…

The story, A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, is divided into five different sections which tell the happenings of Emily up to her death. The first section of the story begins by telling the readers about the death of Emily Grierson. Also about how the almost the entire town showed up to her funeral, which took place at her home. This section also mentioned that no one had stepped foot in her house for over ten years, for the exception of the servant. Colonel Sartoris put off all of Emily’s…

Have you ever wondered how authors develop characters? Authors use directs characterization, indirect characterization, and motivation to create characters. Saki uses these ways to describe Mr.Nuttel and Vera in “The Open Window.” In general, Saki uses direct characterization to explain what Vera’s personality is like. In “The Open Window”, Vera is fifteen years old. She is self-possessed and she is Mrs. Sappleton’s niece. The author tells readers directly that Vera has these traits. For…

"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates is a story about a teenage girl in the 1960's, named Connie, and her struggle to escape reality while simultaneously resisting authority and playing the role of beauty queen. Connie wants nothing less than to be like her mother or sister. She thinks that because she is prettier than them that she is above them. Connie's fascination with her beauty and her inability to distinguish reality from fantasy ultimately lead to her own…

William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” caught my attention right away. The story emotionally affected me because of her reaction when she lost her dad. It also affected me because of its disturbing and mysterious nature. One of the reasons that I think it had such a great impact on me was because I was not expecting the ending of the story at all. Emotionally, I felt very sad for Emily because she lost her dad. She seemed to be close to her dad and it was very hard for her to handle the loss;…

“A Rose For Emily” written by Peter Faulkner, is a short gothic story that carries the obscure mystery of denial, obsession, love, and death. The narrators, who are an array of townspeople living in Jefferson, express every thought, emotion and concern they have towards Emily. The narrator shifts emotions towards Emily throughout the story. At times, the narrator feels sorry and pities Emily’s troubles. On the other hand, the narrator creates an atmosphere of criticism and gossip surrounding…

“Four Summers”, by Joyce Carol Oates is a multifaceted story written to illustrate the inevitable hopeless cycle of life that Sissie lives. Throughout the story, Oates hints that Sissie will unavoidably repeat the life of her mother. Oates writes the story to display Sissie’s life in four different summers, from four different stages of Sissie developing in to a woman. The separation of the four summers is critical to the story because it demonstrates Sissie’s maturation over the years and the…