A Rose For Emily Theme Analysis

However, Franky felt like she didn’t fit in the family and town she only felt like that because she couldn’t get in the club with all them girls, and her father really didn’t give Franky any attention. In spite of, Franky also struggle with her family because after her brother get married he goes back in the army, and she doesn't get to see him, and her father is never home all she need is some family loving. Meanwhile Bernice did felt unwanted and not needed, but the soldier felt lonely in the town. Not only, he was in the town for 3 days and nobody had talk to him because nobody didn’t know him. Furthermore, an outsider is a character that is set apart from the established cultural pattern.

Steinbeck uses ageism, sexism, and racism from the early 20’s to prove that anyone can be

He knew it was a hard decision, leaving her behind. Ronnie worse a watch at all times, and got the same watch for Rae that would beep at the same time as his, so she could always remember him. Being in the military many people do not realize that they experience terrific things that cause a lot of emotional, and physical damage. Due to Ronnie experiencing anxiety, it started to affect him psychologically that the National Guard ended up realizing him, because he was not able to think correctly delaying him from his

This childhood wasn’t his fault since his parents were the ones that raised him but that still modeled him as a person. Leaving war is never easy nor is the transition simple as well, leaving an atmosphere that was always full of deaths, weapons, explosions, having no love contact because at war it’s only you and your soldiers, no love or affection from a women. John’s breaking point was definitely Kathy herself, the way he was towards her at the end and all that he has been through at war, for him it was almost normal to act on a killer instinct. It might looked like she has disappeared but everything adds up his taking her life away and getting rid of her body very well. He might have not done it John himself

His anger and desire to fight is seen when he fights Lennie, a mentally handicapped man on the ranch. Curley’s wife does not care about Curley which is seen when she appears happy when Lennie breaks Curley’s hand in their fight. Curley’s wife says “think I don’t like to talk to somebody every once in awhile” (p.77) meaning that she feels being with Curley is like talking to no one, because they never talk about her feelings or concerns about life. Another example of their uncaring relationship is when Curley’s wife dies and when he sees her dead body is not sad about losing her but simply uses this as a reason to fight the person who did it. This is a couple where this no caring for one another which leads to a relationship that existed in misery and could not be considered “a lasting

Ariel’s dad speaks badly about her grandparents. He says she only needs him. Her dad claims they aren't good people and he wants nothing to do with them. Ariel’s dad has made sure she never meets any of her family. Her father is constantly avoiding the topic of family.

 Miss Emily and Nae share their stubbornness and determination while also showing their differences.   Miss Emily and Nae’s differences in their settings and family helps in foreshadowing how the story unfolds.  Once Miss Emily’s dad passes away and her sweetheart has left her, she spends most of her time in her house alone where she has always lived.  Most of her belongings and ways of life were from her father because of his controlling figure.  

" She once said to Lennie. Under those circumstances, Curley’s Wife could not talk to any of the guys at the bunkhouse. This neglect drove her insane. She had hoped to not Always be so lonely and have no one to talk to. And this desire would be her American dream throughout it all.

Notably, Steinbeck also isolates Curley 's wife from everyone on the ranch because she has to stay at home while everyone is out working and Curly does not want his wife to talk to anybody except for him, but since he is always working, it pressures her to talk to others and be rebellionent since she gets lonely by herself. “I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely” (Pg 85). “I get lonely, you can talk to people, but I can 't talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad.

People said he existed, but Jem and I had never seen him” (Harper Lee 10). This quote helps explain that Boo is locked up because Scout and Jem, as well as most people in town, have never seen Boo inside of the house or outside of the house. They also will not meet Boo because they are scared of him. During the story they explain that when something happens in the town, Boo is to blame. This quote helps explain some of the crimes or scary acts, “People said he went out at night when the moon was down, and peeped in windows… people’s chickens and household pets were found mutilated” (Harper Lee 10).

A Rose for Emily People often say that one’s house is a reflection of their personality. A busy person might have a messy house or a person who likes aviation might have model airplanes. A house doesn’t just represent one’s interests though. It can represent the mental state and deeper truths about its inhabitant.

In the story, A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, main character Miss Emily lives in just a typical life, but usually gets eyed out from the townspeople. She is the only child whose father is a selfish man keeping Miss Emily from getting out of the house. Not only is she being kept from leaving the house but her father is holding back her love life with his strict rules. Her father would keep a gigantic horsewhip around him every time Miss Emily ever disobeys him or even when she brings home someone to the house. Because of her father’s strict ways, this routine had been going on for years up until her father’s death and right when she was in her thirties.

The four stories we have discussed have had to do with females finding themselves in a male dominated world. The leading women learn that they will have to go outside their stereotypical boundaries and face the world. Miss Emily and Mrs. Mallard both deal with the death of a loved one while Antigone and Nora both deal with defying a male figure. By defying society's views, the four find their true selves. Miss Emily has to deal with the battle of the Old South and the New South.

Faulkner's works, “A Rose for Emily” and As I Lay Dying, exploit the traditional, primitive roles of female sexuality as a subject imprisoned to male dominance. “A rose for Emily” uses a community narration style to depict societies beliefs in correspondence to Emily's intimate life. Likewise, Faulkner drew a negative force around the sexual orientations of females in As I Lay dying. The two works of writing reflected one another in the terms and ignorance to women's rights with the occurrences of female vulnerability and male dominance. Societal norms illustrating female roles and sexual expectations were elicited through the community style narrations in “A Rose for Emily.”

In “A Rose for Emily,” is a conflict between the old south and the new south. Most of the people in the story are moving onto the new south, yet there is one woman named Emily that isn’t. The old south is represented by the main character named Emily Grierson that was a tradition, duty, and a care, and a heredity to the town. The new south is represented by the men and women of the town of Jefferson. Emily Grierson represents what is left of the old South and is a symbolic character.