Rationalization of Events

Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily deals is an intriguing story which uses a jerky, roller-coaster style of time flow. The story jumps around in time so that you are constantly only receiving bits and pieces of the details and have to form your ideas and organize them as the story goes on. Emily’s family’s prominent stature in the community is a highly regarded one. Unfortunately as time progresses, Emily’s stature weakens, …

…a story that shows us what can happen if we do not take action. An innocent man was murdered and a woman was left, assumingly unhappy, because of the townsfolk ideas of leaving Miss Emily alone because they understood her situation and felt sorry for her. The town ignores events that obviously explain what has happened in the story and decide to just feel sorry for Emily without ever really offering to help the situation.