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    Reflections on Reading "A Rose for Emily" James Lewis ENG/125 October 22‚ 2014 Geraldine Smith Reflections on Reading "A Rose for Emily" William Faulkner’s short story‚ "A Rose for Emily"‚ follows one of the author’s main themes in many of his later works‚ i.e. the racial and societal divides that continued in the South after its defeat of the Civil War. One believes‚ Faulkner‚ being born and raised in the Deep South writes with a close working knowledge racism‚ classism and cultural divisions

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    Isn’t reading stories that allow the reader to think of what would have happened more intriguing? Stories that have so many interpretations make the reading experience even more phenomenal. I chose “A Rose for Emily” because of how many conclusions I was able to find after just reading through once. “A Rose for Emily” was so carefully constructed that it allowed for multiple interpretations by the end of the story. It also allowed for mixed emotions towards our main character Emily. The plot consists

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    a sinister vibe about them as if the author is in a dark place himself. The abstract style of writing by William Faulkner can be read in these three works for example: "A Rose for Emily"‚ "Barn Burning" and "The Bear". Faulkner is classed with thrilling mysteries where he would bring out the evil in the characters. In‚ “A Rose for Emily”‚ Emily stood for twisted human psyche‚ which leads to bizarre things. The author’s style is mysterious like he is trying to hide something all the time‚ only to

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    Gaston Havandjian Professor Hubbell English Comp I Essay Four 11/13/12 Human Nature: Another Tool For Torture? Driving your car to a dinner with friends you go by hundreds of advertisement slogans at the side of the road. Reading them seems to be a good way to entertain your mind with all those miles ahead and since you didn’t decide what are you going to order yet you think that maybe some of them will give you an idea. One of them captures

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    "A Rose for Emily‚" written by William Faulkner‚ is a short fiction about the life and death of Miss Emily Grierson under the background of Southern United States’s decay in 19th century. “ Miss Brill” is Katherine Mansfield’ short story about a woman’s Sunday outing to the park‚ revealing her thought about others as she watches a crowd from a park bench. Seemingly very different in the imagery and language‚ portray of the main characters and plot‚ the two fictions all show out two elderly women

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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‚ rose‚ Emily 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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    The use of multiple layers of narrative in Jane Yolen’s- Briar Rose is highly effective in communicating the story and the story and themes concerning Gemma’s past experiences of the Holocaust and Becca’s quest for truth and fulfilment of her Grandmother’s legacy. Yolen uses a number of voices or accounts of events to give the reader a dramatic sense of the extent and the horror of Gemma’s experiences. The fairytale story‚ Becca’s quest and Joseph Potocki‚ all add richness of detail to the novel

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    Snow white and Red rose There was once a poor woman who lived in an old thatched cottage .In front of the cottage grew two rose bushes. One grew flowers as white as snow‚ the other had flowers as red as wine. The woman had two daughters who resembled these rose bushes: one had a complexion as white as snow‚ the other lips as red roses. She named her daughters snow white and red rose. They were both good girls‚ but very different. Snow white‚ the elder‚ liked to stay with her mother and help her

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    A Rose for Emily Summary 3

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    A Rose for Emily In “ A Rose for Emily”‚ by William Faulkner‚ Emily Grierson faces many tribulations in her life. Every aspect of her life is deteriorating and death is a main factor in this. As time begins to fade so does every part of Emily; her appearance‚ her family‚ her friends‚ and eventually herself. Emily’s relationship with her father is more involved than any other father daughter relationship. After his death Emily’s life begins to spiral out of control and nothing is the same ever

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    perfect Rose"(Pp 82) has brought to my attention: I as a man of little wealth‚ that doesn’t put me in a profitable position with the average woman that wants a limousine as opposed to a flower. In the first line‚ Parker (the writer) says‚ "A single flow’r he sent me‚ since we met." Whether they met yesterday or five years ago remains unknown. It is apparent that the speaker and many other women of that time lost their respect for something so sentimental. I have always thought of a rose‚ or any

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