Analysis Of A Rose For Emily By William Falkner

Being a southerner can be complex...for the past never dies. William Faulkner’s miserable short story “A Rose for Emily” displays the un-organization in which the plot follows, perhaps like the characters way of proceeding on with life. The author confuses his readers, in order to prove how the south is stuck in the past. He does this by manipulating the plot, which gives a perplex understanding on how the south cannot get over the outcome of the war that had already ended. Throughout his story Falkner uses time and plot to give his readers the background story as to why the South is trapped in the war days. We know that the South has lost in the war, but sometimes people can take loss in extraordinary ways. “Some in their brushed