A Rose for Emily

"A Rose for Emily" is a short story written by William Faulkner. No matter how crazy The narrator made Emily sound, they made it clear throughout the story that they had some kind of respect for this woman. The narrator being the not on single person but all the townspeople. "Our whole town went to her funeral," " set on once had once been our most select street." (pg 206) First of all, the whole town had gone to her funeral, the narrator states "Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care." (pg 206) Because colonel Sartoris made it believable that Emily's father had loaned the town money. The narrator keeps the reader in suspense about Emily's boyfriend. You never really know until the very end if he is dead or no. I like the clues that he gives you though. The poison that she buys and the fact that whether he comes out of the house or not, she is the only one anyone sees peeking out of the window. Overall, I think that this story was the best out of the two. This one really kept me interested. It had enough length to the story to give you more details whereas I believe the other story was too short and just didn't keep me interested.