Comparing Falkner's 'Do You Love Your Mother, Norman?'
Tiaria Thompson
Mr. Johnson
English 1302-03
April 1, 2014
“Do You Love Your Mother, Norman?”: Falkner’s “A Rose for Emily” and Metalious’s Peyton Place as Sources for Robert Bloch’s Psycho Reading through the journal entry it appears that Norman and Emily had a number of similarities. It seems as if both of them were sheltered by the parents and were not able to live their own lives. Emily’s father was said to be “overbearing” and “forces her to live without love” (McDermott 455) whereas Norman was “sheltered by his mother” (McDermott 456) who physically was not there. “A Rose for Emily” brought writers Metalious and Bloch to create characters that are similar to Emily and how her life was throughout the short story. One comparison
in particular would be Emily and Norman’s view of their parents. Emily went through her life with whatever her father wanted was right as if he was God. With Norman’s mother, she put it in his head that no other woman could compare to giving Norman "to admit affection for anyone but his mother.” (McDermott 458) Even though both Norman’s mother and Emily’s father were deceased, they still had very much control of them. It seems as if both of them were slaves to their rather than just being mother and son or father and daughter. If Emily and Norman had the chance to actually live and learn how to treat other individuals, they would not got through such horrific troubles in their lives.
Works Cited
Falkner, William. “A Rose for Emily.” Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry Drama, and Writing. Ed. X. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 12th ed. Boston: Poston, 2013. 31-37. Print.
McDermott, John A. "“Do You Love Mother, Norman?” Faulkner 's “A Rose for Emily” And Metalious 's Peyton Place As Sources For Robert Bloch 's Psycho." Journal of Popular Culture 40.3 (2007): 454-467. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. Web. 31 Mar. 2014.
Mr. Johnson
English 1302-03
April 1, 2014
“Do You Love Your Mother, Norman?”: Falkner’s “A Rose for Emily” and Metalious’s Peyton Place as Sources for Robert Bloch’s Psycho Reading through the journal entry it appears that Norman and Emily had a number of similarities. It seems as if both of them were sheltered by the parents and were not able to live their own lives. Emily’s father was said to be “overbearing” and “forces her to live without love” (McDermott 455) whereas Norman was “sheltered by his mother” (McDermott 456) who physically was not there. “A Rose for Emily” brought writers Metalious and Bloch to create characters that are similar to Emily and how her life was throughout the short story. One comparison
in particular would be Emily and Norman’s view of their parents. Emily went through her life with whatever her father wanted was right as if he was God. With Norman’s mother, she put it in his head that no other woman could compare to giving Norman "to admit affection for anyone but his mother.” (McDermott 458) Even though both Norman’s mother and Emily’s father were deceased, they still had very much control of them. It seems as if both of them were slaves to their rather than just being mother and son or father and daughter. If Emily and Norman had the chance to actually live and learn how to treat other individuals, they would not got through such horrific troubles in their lives.
Works Cited
Falkner, William. “A Rose for Emily.” Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry Drama, and Writing. Ed. X. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 12th ed. Boston: Poston, 2013. 31-37. Print.
McDermott, John A. "“Do You Love Mother, Norman?” Faulkner 's “A Rose for Emily” And Metalious 's Peyton Place As Sources For Robert Bloch 's Psycho." Journal of Popular Culture 40.3 (2007): 454-467. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. Web. 31 Mar. 2014.