Comparing Falkner's 'Do You Love Your Mother, Norman?'
Tiaria Thompson
Mr. Johnson
English 1302-03
April 1, 2014
“Do You Love Your Mother, Norman?”: Falkner’s “A Rose for Emily” and Metalious’s Peyton Place as Sources for Robert Bloch’s Psycho Reading through the journal entry it appears that Norman and Emily had a number of similarities. It seems as if both of them were sheltered by the parents and were not able to live their own lives. Emily’s father was said to be “overbearing” and “forces her to live without love” (McDermott 455) whereas Norman was “sheltered by his mother” (McDermott 456) who physically was not there. “A Rose for Emily” brought writers Metalious and Bloch to create characters that are similar to Emily and how her life was throughout the short story. One comparison
Mr. Johnson
English 1302-03
April 1, 2014
“Do You Love Your Mother, Norman?”: Falkner’s “A Rose for Emily” and Metalious’s Peyton Place as Sources for Robert Bloch’s Psycho Reading through the journal entry it appears that Norman and Emily had a number of similarities. It seems as if both of them were sheltered by the parents and were not able to live their own lives. Emily’s father was said to be “overbearing” and “forces her to live without love” (McDermott 455) whereas Norman was “sheltered by his mother” (McDermott 456) who physically was not there. “A Rose for Emily” brought writers Metalious and Bloch to create characters that are similar to Emily and how her life was throughout the short story. One comparison