A Rose For Emily

Focusing on the questions provided by at the end of  A Rose for Emily by Faulkner, we are able to analyze multiple important aspects. Number five of the questions asks what important aspects would be lost if the first person plural point of view was not present.  By having this town-narrator, we are able to receive many more perspectives about Emily.  We see from multiple angles how truly messed-up and scary she is and by seeing that from multiple angles, it emphasize that fact.  It also allows the reader to see that nobody specific was regarded towards her in the sense of seeing her come out of the house.  "When we saw her again, her hair was cut short, making her look like a girl..."(Faulkner, 285).  This quote does not specify who exactly views her as this way.  Rather it states that the general consensus was the she had a girl-like appearance.  Lastly, question four talks about what the reader feels after reading the last paragraph and seeing it's bizarre twist.  After seeing that paragraph, it was clear that she did not want to move on, she was lonely, and she was certifiably insane.  Already we were able to tell that she did not want to move on based on the taxing situation.  However, she was so lonely that she wanted to be with that man that she killed possibly because he was homosexual.