The author of this story was apparently a townsperson representing him or herself along with the townspeople. The evidence to this was the word “we”. The author never said “I”, always “we” or “our whole town” (Faulkner, 1930). He or she is representing the town’s feelings towards Emily.
I believe foreshadowing is part of the reason why this story doesn’t seem to be in chronological order. The author mentions Emily’s funeral in the beginning then towards the end of the story he or she provides a little more detail about her funeral. Also, when Emily buys the arsenic, we don’t know what she’s using that for until the end when we learn Homer has been dead in her house since he vanished.
I think Emily killed or poisoned Homer because she was afraid of being alone. She had been alone ever since her father passed away, so she killed Homer. Emily thought Homer was going to leave her because he wasn’t the marrying type and he bluntly stated he liked men and hanging out with the younger men in the Elk’s Club. Emily was able to get away with poisoning her lover because nobody ever went into her house. In a way, I felt bad for Emily because all she wanted was someone to be with since her father died, but I think she went a little too far with the Homer situation.
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