Barn Burning vs. A Rose For Emily

The New Vs. The Old in “A Rose for Emily” and “Barn Burning” William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” and “Barn Burning” both are an imaginary fiction of a Mississippi country in Yoknapatawpha. Each story is symbolic of the changes in the South during the representative period. In “A Rose for Emily,” Faulkner contrasted the past with the present era. The past was represented in Emily herself, in Colonel Sartor is, in the old …

…owes no one anything. Each story is symbolic of the changes in the South during the representative period. Each dealt with the coming of the new and with the parting of the old. I believe that if Sarty, if he had to do differently, he would have asked the Major de Spain to spare his father and brother. He would have asked to put them in jail and then have Major de Spain adopt him.