A Closer Look At William Faulkner s A Rose For Emily

A Closer Look at William Faulkner’s â€Å"A Rose for Emily† There have been many short stories written about life during the Reconstruction era after the civil war. Some stories, even though they are fictitious, are based upon and often mirror actual events that have taken place. The most relevant stories tell of lives and families that have been separated due to war, and how the remnants were left the task of rebuilding. As towns changed, people were somewhat reluctant to let go of past beliefs and what they felt like were entitlements. Promises made to the family of Miss Emily Grierson are only a small part of her life as written about in William Faulkner’s short fictional story â€Å"A Rose for Emily† (Faulkner 298). The relationship between Miss†¦show more content†¦The narrator takes ownership of the town, but never truly identifies his or her true relationship to it. The references of â€Å"our town†, and â€Å"our most select street† (Faulkner 299), are in direct contrast to the descriptive term â⠂¬Å"an eyesore among eyesores† (Faulkner 299). This how the narrator views everything associated with Miss Emily. This where I believe I can start to see the significance behind the narrative voice in this story. It’s important to note the relevance in the narrators use of pronouns when leading into descriptive terms referencing the towns feelings towards Miss Emily. We, our, and they, were all indications of the townspeople distancing themselves from Miss Emily. In Helen Nebeker’s work, â€Å"Emily s Rose of Love: Thematic Implications of Point of View in Faulkner s ‘A Rose for Emily’†, she makes a particular reference of this: The reader of A Rose for Emily realizes immediately the vagueness of the pronoun focus within this story. Within all five sections we note a continual shifting of person, from our to they to we (all italics added). And this shift is further complicated by implied shifts of referents for the various pronouns. That is, our does not always have the same referent, nor do they and we! (4) The shift from the older generation of the townspeople to the next generation comes as the period of Reconstruction begins. â€Å"The conclusion of the Civil War thoroughly transformed theShow MoreRelatedA Rose For Emily By William Faulkner1507 Words   |  7 Pages1897, William Cuthbert Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi. He stands as one of the most preeminent American writers of the twentieth century. His literary reputation included poetry, novels, short stories, and screenplays. Faulkner won two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction and the Nobel Prize in Literature. â€Å"A Rose for Emily† is a short fascinating story written by William Faulkner and it was his first short story published in a national magazine. 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