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    used in “Barn Burning” is as a way to represent Abner’s lack of power through self-expression. The first time that we are introduced to fire in this story is when Abner is on trial

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    Symbolism means for me objects or facts in the story “A Rose for Emily” characters are in this story. Emily was always trying to fine a happy life‚ and her father was trying to like scare ever guy that come to the house. Symbolisms are meanest in the story as mean objects are giving like the house‚ roseEmily hair‚ and gray hair. A symbolism for me is like family staying together as one chine‚ as my dear mother told me “family matters more than anything in the world‚ family going to be here no matter

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    Barn Burning Question 1. Sarty is the protagonist. 2. The basis of his predicament is that Snopes is being tried in an alleged barn burning. But his son lies and says that his father didn’t burn the barn. 3. The most important conflicts in this story is the violence towards his son‚ and his various bosses that he has. This is important because there can be escalation of this violence and we see this when Snopes decides to burn the barn of his current employer‚ but doesn’t get the change‚ because

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    Miss Emily in “A Rose for Emily” and Calixta in “The Storm” may have their differences‚ but I am here to show you that people from different eras‚ places‚ or cultures can still have plenty of things in common. Miss Emily was this main character in the story “A Rose for Emily” who was very selfish and very resistant to time and change. Calixta is the main character in the story “The Storm” who is the mother and a wife‚ who choice was to have an affair with a former lover. .Miss Emily is the type

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    William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily is a complex story of a southern woman and her life seen through the eyes of the town members. Miss Emily‚ as the narrator calls her‚ has passed away at the start of the story after not being seen out of her house following the disappearance of Homer Barron‚ the man she was supposedly with. Miss Emily was described as a “. . .hereditary obligation upon the town. . .” (Faulkner 32)‚ which is basically what the whole town sees and judges her by. The viewpoint of

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    literature becomes dynamic‚ alive and ‘available”. In the short story‚ “A Rose for Emily”‚ writer William Faulkner uses plot‚ character and setting to demonstrate Emily’s refusal to transition into the “New South”. “A Rose for Emily”‚ takes place in southern United States and starts off when she dies in the early 20th century and goes back to her life in the late 19th century leading the reader to her demise. Emily Grierson comes from a traditional southern aristocratic family. Her house “…was

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    American novelist and Nobel Prize recipient‚ William Faulkner‚ was born on September 25‚ 1897 in New Albany‚ Mississippi. He was the first of four children‚ where his family was deeply influenced by their home state and the overall culture and lifestyle of the American South. He experienced many different fields of literature through his career in media allowed him to write many essays‚ poems‚ novels‚ and stories. Many of his stories take place in Yoknapatawpha County‚ based on the Lafayette County

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    A Rose for Emily (Rose for short after) is a short story by the American author William Faulkner first published on April 30‚ 1930. Faulkner is considered a fine practitioner of the short-story form. His other short story collections are well recognized‚ such as These Thirteen (1931)‚ Doctor Martino and Other Stories (1934)‚ Go Down‚ Moses and Other Stories (1942)‚ and Knight’s Gambit (1949). The popularity of the story -Rose- is due in no small part to its gruesome ending. Miss Emily Grierson

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    appear to a townsperson or viewer. 2) What does the title of the story suggest about the townspeople’s feelings toward Miss Emily? Why do they feel this way about her? (Or: What does she represent to them?) Is there anything ironic about their feelings? The title of the story suggests that the townspeople have some sort of caring feeling towards her‚ since a rose is usually a symbol of care or love. They feel some sort of respect to her and her family‚ since they are the last remnant of

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    In William Faulkner’s "A Rose for Emily"‚ he writes a story that occurs in the fictitious town of Jefferson‚ Mississippi. The story begins with a narrator discussing a woman who died in her old age‚ and how her life impacted a community. The narrator states in the story that Miss Emily‚ through her family history‚ places herself above the other members of her community. He also says that she considered herself to be above the law. When her beau‚ Homer Baron disappears‚ everyone in town believes that

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