A Rose For Emily Point Of View Analysis

In his short story, “A Rose for Emily”, William Faulkner effectively uses a second person view point to recall the events as if one was actually being told the story from a friend or family member recounting the past. Faulkner writes a narrator that sets each scene wonderfully and makes it seem as though one was really there, experiencing life in this small town that was so fascinated with Miss Emily. Miss Emily’s mysterious, shadowed life enthralled the people of her town, including the narrator, and that fascination is passed on to the reader. The narrator seems to actually report the story backwards, starting at the end, Miss Emily’s funeral, and going into more detail about the past as he goes along. Faulkner makes his narrator someone