William Faulkner's A Rose For Emily
Author, William Faulkner was obsessed with the dark side of the human mind. He would produce stories that were violent and negative. Faulkner believed in shocking readers and taking them by surprise. Most of his works have a sinister vibe about them as if the author is in a dark place himself. The abstract style of writing by William Faulkner can be read in these three works for example: "A Rose for Emily", "Barn Burning" and "The Bear".
Faulkner is classed with thrilling mysteries where he would bring out the evil in the characters. In, “A Rose for Emily”, Emily stood for twisted human psyche, which leads to bizarre things. The author's style is mysterious like he is trying to hide something all the time, only to take his readers by complete …show more content…
She would come into play repeatedly in his stories and poetry. If it had not been for Estelle, William Faulkner would never have existed. Without the anguish Estelle caused Billy, he would have followed through with his original longing to become a railroad engineer and not William Faulkner.
"Dry September" is a story about prejudice, judgment, and willpower, all which is based on previous events in Will’s life. At the end of the story; the hero lost his courage and allowed an innocent man to die, the murderers went unpunished. The woman responsible for the whole thing got away with it. Faulkner was feeling despised from society and began to ridicule himself. He thought of himself as a coward. "Dry September" is a reflection of Faulkner's insecurity about his own merit.
The disruption of traditional values and ways of life that accompanied the modernization of the U.S. seems to be a common theme throughout the “Country” section of Faulkner’s Collected Stories. In “The Tall Men,” it conveys how difficult the changes in the U.S. during the early 20th century were for the people who were tied to the land. “New Deal” programs like the WPA. Again in “A Bear Hunt,” indigenous country people are set apart from “literate, town-bred people” (C.F.S.). In two stories, both featuring the Grier family, differences between rich capitalism-embracing people and poor farmers living on
Faulkner is classed with thrilling mysteries where he would bring out the evil in the characters. In, “A Rose for Emily”, Emily stood for twisted human psyche, which leads to bizarre things. The author's style is mysterious like he is trying to hide something all the time, only to take his readers by complete …show more content…
She would come into play repeatedly in his stories and poetry. If it had not been for Estelle, William Faulkner would never have existed. Without the anguish Estelle caused Billy, he would have followed through with his original longing to become a railroad engineer and not William Faulkner.
"Dry September" is a story about prejudice, judgment, and willpower, all which is based on previous events in Will’s life. At the end of the story; the hero lost his courage and allowed an innocent man to die, the murderers went unpunished. The woman responsible for the whole thing got away with it. Faulkner was feeling despised from society and began to ridicule himself. He thought of himself as a coward. "Dry September" is a reflection of Faulkner's insecurity about his own merit.
The disruption of traditional values and ways of life that accompanied the modernization of the U.S. seems to be a common theme throughout the “Country” section of Faulkner’s Collected Stories. In “The Tall Men,” it conveys how difficult the changes in the U.S. during the early 20th century were for the people who were tied to the land. “New Deal” programs like the WPA. Again in “A Bear Hunt,” indigenous country people are set apart from “literate, town-bred people” (C.F.S.). In two stories, both featuring the Grier family, differences between rich capitalism-embracing people and poor farmers living on