A Rose for Emily

“A Rose For Emily” by William Faulkner is told in the third person point of view. This point of view does not allow us to get into the heads of the characters in the story which makes these characters sort of limited. The narrator is never revealed so we are to assume it is one of the towns people. The essay takes place in a town called Jefferson. It begins by telling us that the …

…him to leave her but she doesn’t let him go. For years she had kept Homer in the rose shaded room and lay next to him in bed. “A Rose For Emily” was a very interesting read because of Emily’s many disturbing actions. I really can’t believe that someone could sleep with a dead body. I mean it is definitely an action out of the ordinary! Emily was a very sick individual.