SSRJ
# 1: Faulkner
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This piece was suspenseful; in the first
read Miss Emily was a typical old lady but in rereading her mysterious ways was
creepy. The plot was just good, it was typical as far as order of plot parts
but each part had its own significance and made the climax/conclusion pull me
in. The only comparison I have to this story is the old lady from these
apartments when I was young, around 9 to 10. She was very mysterious and we all
thought she was an alien but she was just an old lady, living alone, never
talking to us but would stare at us out of her upstairs window all day.
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In “A Rose for Emily” the author,
Faulkner, uses point of view, through the narrator, to make it more difficult
to choose whether or not you like or dislike Emily. The point of view seems to
be from the townsfolk. However, when the “ladies around town” seem to always
pity Emily by saying “Poor Emily” it gives a feeling of gossip. This makes the
reader think the townsfolk, or just this particular group of ladies, are
jealous, envious, or just plain haters. Emily is still a crazy old lady,
however the “hating” from the narrative point of view, you want to take Miss
Emily’s side and deny all the people’s outrageous rumors. This made me support
Emily and want her not to be a murdering psycho lady but just a regular crazy
old lady. So when she dies , I hope the secret room has something to push
towards her sanity or support a logical reason for insanity. Instead, there is a
dead husband and evidence she laid next to him. She is crazy! This use of point
of view took me for a ride in this story.
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The only comment I have is that this
story was nice, I do not read a lot, especially in different fields of
literature. However, this short story was very good at showing that even a
boring setting can provide a good story to amuse my very short attention span.
