Rose for Emily

William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" draws a vivid picture of the south of the United States the turn of the century. It begins with the narrator mentioning the funeral of Miss Emily. Faulkner's style in revealing the consequences of Emily Grierson's life and the shocking revelations of her death is very interesting. The narrative structure of the piece is interesting in that it does not follow a typical chronological order. The details of the …

…but ... a huge meadow which no winter ever quite touches divided from them now by the narrow bottle neck of the most recent decade of years." This is used to show importance of the passage of time. This quote shows that those who choose not to accept the passage of time end up regretting it in the end. I think this is the main point in which Faulkner wanted to get across to the reader.