Wednesday, January 25, 2012
ssrj #1
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SSRJ #1 Faulkner
I chose to do the ssrj on “A Rose For Emily” by Faulkner because it was the most interesting. The way Emily was treated by her father probably led to the way she ended up. This may seem crazy but I am a father of two girls and this makes me think I need to be very careful on how I treat them especially when it comes to the boys. Most of all the story made me feel sadness for Emily because she was all alone and never really experienced much companionship.
The author uses setting in the story to build a haunted house like atmosphere and keeps building up to the strange ending. The author describes Emily as “her skeleton was small and spare” and she dressed in black with a gold chain. They also used the foul smell of rotting flesh and the towns people have to put down lime. All these details I believe were used to build up to the shocking ending.
The question I have for anyone is what is reason for the Negro man showing the people in and just leaving never to be seen again?
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I agree in the author using the literary element of setting to create this surreal and dark image, but I am a bit unsure as to what the author is trying to say or whether or not he means to say anything by using this element. I agree with Kasandra's comment on the Negro man being a symbol of silence, but I also see him as being symbols of mystery and secrecy because of his actions and role within the story. The Negro man's reason for showing the people in is to reveal this secret/side of Emily that no one knew except him and as Kasandra said, he is free from this secret himself, as well as free from being Emily's servant.
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