The South In William Faulkner's A Rose For Emily

William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” was written during the Reconstruction Period of the South. During this time, the North’s economy, education, and culture surpassed the weak South. Due to the abolition of slavery, the South’s economy deteriorated; therefore making the South’s social classes fade away. With Faulkner having Miss Emily’s father cling to the ideals of the old South, he’s conveying the South’s struggle to transition from a chivalrous, aristocratic society to a modern, capitalist society. After the Civil War, Northerners traveled to the South in search for economic gain by taking advantage of the reconstruction process. This phenomenon was known as carpetbagging. Homer Barron, an affable northerner, is introduced into the story after Miss Emily’s father dies. Miss Emily’s clinging to the ideals of aristocracy and the North, after it's exploitation of the South, illustrates man’s propensity for sticking to what they are comfortable with.
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Rein Mulligan writes, “Slavery was a gateway for women to enhance their already elevated position in society by better allowing them to conform to the ideology of domesticity as well as marking them as higher in the white power structure of the South.” People in the South bettered their position in society by discriminating, harming, and enslaving other human beings. The South also clasped to ideals that impeded their advancement in society. Because the South had slavery, it didn’t need to work on upgrading their technology. After slavery was abolished, the South’s economy deteriorated; the South lost its main way to produce products. In “A Rose for Emily,” Faulkner was able to illustrate his thoughts on human nature and hanging onto the past. Ultimately, clinging to a comfort zone led to the fall of the old South and Miss