William Faulkner

Waka was shopping in town the morning the sea came in. There was no eldest son to arrange her funeral rites, no daughter to moisten her lips for The Water of the Last Moment. The chauffeur undertook it. Next, the maid stuffed Waka’s every orifice with cotton. They were the only ones to pass the night with her body. The following morning, after the cremation, they fulfilled the family’s role in Picking the Bones. The funeral director oversaw the ritual. He gave them special, long chopsticks. In…

In Floyd C. Watkins, the structure of “A Rose for Emily”. Watkins argues that Faulkner had structural flaws, but because he organized Miss Emily’s life in five parts of constant isolation and intrusions appearing all the way up to here death, the story had perfect symmetry. In part one she is approached by the town’s people to pay her taxes. She refuses and slowly starts to withdraw from the community. Part two, has the towns people coming in twice forcefully to collect the dead body of her…

The door swung open and in bounced Megan looking like a cat that had caught a mouse and decided to toy around with it before savoring the fruits of her labor. She tossed her purse on the counter, opened the fridge and pulled out a bottle of cranberry juice. “Hey, do you two want something to drink while I’m standing here?” “A long island iced tea or melon ball, whichever you have on hand,” Sara responded without a moment’s pause. She was joking, of course, but had Megan produced such a…

Magical realism is a less popular genre in literature. Most people find it to be controversial when discussing the exact definition of magical realism. While the papers that Amaryll Chanady, Luis Leal, Franz Roh, and Scott Simpkins wrote have been extremely helpful with explaining the history and theories of magical realism, it is difficult for one to decide which one to agree with. The most common definition that one can use to sum up the basics about magical realism, is blending in the…

Both stories use plot structure to keep the readers interested. “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner’s had the best plot structure from the very beginning. Throughout the story we are given some parts here and there which makes the story more interesting sort of like a mystery. The story starts with the protagonist ‘s (Emily) funeral and ends with her death which made the story even more interesting. The narrator starts off by describing her personality, her father and her social class. She is…

Faulkner utilizes italics for many reasons. Primarily though, italics are used to reveal the inner thoughts that each character has and to put emphasis on certain parts in the novel. The use of italics concerning Darl portrays shifts in place and omniscient nature. Darl’s italics begin with his description of what occurs when they are fixing more load. Then, the shift occurs as he fixates on knowing what goes on at his family’s house. He reveals that Addie has died, even though he is not…

Gaps and fissures “Don’t you love me?” “Love you? I simply turn all to jelly when you touch me.” “Isn’t there anything we can do about it?”. In this quote the author, Ernest Hemingway, has having two people have a conversation about their love for eachother. He is then causing us to think about who is saying what and what they’re talking about by using gaps and fissures. In The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway uses a modernist characteristic called Gaps and Fissures. Gaps and Fissures are…

It is not surprising to find Jefferson in a state of confusion, struggling between holding on to its identity and finding its place in a new era. The customs of the South are incredibly distinct and the main character, Miss Emily, is representative of those traditions. Miss Emily belongs to a distinguished family that once held much prominence in town but now struggles with holding on to that image. Emily herself is a living tradition, unwaveringly remaining the same despite the progressive…

Grace Sa AP English Literature Module 8 Lesson 7 Mastery Assignment Prose Essay Prompt 1: Sarah Orne Jewett’s The Country of the Pointed Firs characterizes the narrator as well as convey meaning through literary elements and devices, such as irony and parallelism. The excerpt follows the narrator, who can be characterized as observant, as she goes to a village off the coast to find seclusion. The meaning of the excerpt is revealed through the irony and parallelism the narrator encounters…

Brandon Torres Prof. Sameeah Muhammad English 111 10/3/2016 Compare and Contrast Both stories have a similar tone in one way or another. Both have a feeling of joy and prosperity but then have an eerie weird tone to it towards the end. Feeling like this it can catch people off guard when they read types of short stories. Because it can go from one point to another extremely fast without notice. But they both have their differences besides just the mood of the short story. For…