A rose for emily
“A Rose for Emily”
1. What is meaningful in the final detail that the strand of hair on the second pillow is iron-gray?
-This I meaningful because Miss Emily’s hair was described as iron-gray. This makes it understood that one her hair’s was in the bed with Homer’s body, which means that she had recently been exposed to his corpse.
2. Who is the unnamed narrator? For whom does he profess to be speaking?
-I believe the unnamed narrator could be several people voicing their own opinion or point of view and experience of the situation with Miss Emily.
3. Why does “A Rose for Emily” seem better told from his point of view than if it were told (like John Updike’s “A&P) from the point of view of the main character?
-I think it makes the story more mysterious. As the reader, we never fully understand what Miss Emily is thinking. It leaves the reader with the decision to decide their point of view about her.
4. What foreshadowings of the discovery of the body of Homer Barron are we given earlier in the story? Share your experience in reading “A Rose for Emily”: did the foreshadowings give away the ending for you? Did they heighten your interests?
-The fact that she would not tell the druggist why she was purchasing the arsenic. Also, that her physical appearance had altered after Homer had “disappeared”. In a way the foreshadowings did give the story away, but it was still chilling to read the last paragraph of the story. I still enjoyed reading it and was caught off guard.
5. What contrasts does the narrator draw between changing reality and Emily’s refusal or inability to recognize change?
-I believe Emily refused to recognize the change that was taking place around her. It was obvious that she refused to recognize many important events around her. For example, her father dying and she did not want to face the reality that he was dead and gone. Also, that she believed that she didn’t have to pay her taxes because a man who had been dead for ten years gave
1. What is meaningful in the final detail that the strand of hair on the second pillow is iron-gray?
-This I meaningful because Miss Emily’s hair was described as iron-gray. This makes it understood that one her hair’s was in the bed with Homer’s body, which means that she had recently been exposed to his corpse.
2. Who is the unnamed narrator? For whom does he profess to be speaking?
-I believe the unnamed narrator could be several people voicing their own opinion or point of view and experience of the situation with Miss Emily.
3. Why does “A Rose for Emily” seem better told from his point of view than if it were told (like John Updike’s “A&P) from the point of view of the main character?
-I think it makes the story more mysterious. As the reader, we never fully understand what Miss Emily is thinking. It leaves the reader with the decision to decide their point of view about her.
4. What foreshadowings of the discovery of the body of Homer Barron are we given earlier in the story? Share your experience in reading “A Rose for Emily”: did the foreshadowings give away the ending for you? Did they heighten your interests?
-The fact that she would not tell the druggist why she was purchasing the arsenic. Also, that her physical appearance had altered after Homer had “disappeared”. In a way the foreshadowings did give the story away, but it was still chilling to read the last paragraph of the story. I still enjoyed reading it and was caught off guard.
5. What contrasts does the narrator draw between changing reality and Emily’s refusal or inability to recognize change?
-I believe Emily refused to recognize the change that was taking place around her. It was obvious that she refused to recognize many important events around her. For example, her father dying and she did not want to face the reality that he was dead and gone. Also, that she believed that she didn’t have to pay her taxes because a man who had been dead for ten years gave