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Narration: Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”
The story starts and ends in the same place, the funeral in the house of Miss Emily, a sort of town relic. From the beginning the entire town seems to be talking to the reader, with thoughts and opinions being presented with ‘we’ rather than ‘they’ or ‘I’. Gossip ensues throughout the short story, making it appear more and more like a stereotypical small southern town. While admiring Miss Emily for her pride and past and somewhat holding her on a pedestal, no one personally cared much for her and everyone was very judgmental of her actions. This caused the story of her life, told by this outside source, to become even more somber and depressing than the original morose setting.
The narrator, or rather, the town, doesn’t know much about Miss Emily outside what is seen of her and talked about. She has few personal relationships, and those she was close to rarely spoke of her; Homer Barron, her supposed lover, and her father both died......

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