Wednesday, April 3, 2013

A Rose for Emily


I really enjoyed reading this story.  It was nothing like I was expecting and I was very confused as to where it was going when I first got into it.  However, I found that the mystery of figuring out what happened and the detective aspect that Faulkner used in his writing kept me very engaged and wanting to keep reading.  I also enjoyed the sarcasm and humor that Faulkner through in.  This story was nice change from the more depressing poems we’ve been reading.

In a way, this story reminds me a lot of Their Eyes Were Watching God.  Simply just in the way both Faulkner and Hurston initially started their stories leaving readers in confusion and mystery and then taking us through flash backs in order to bring us back to where it started.  I really like this format of writing even though for me it can be frustrating at first as a reader.  The way both of these pieces were written kept me interested in the story and often left me puzzled as to how they were going to end.   I have to say, the end of A Rose for Emily took me off guard and I had to read the last section a few times through to catch what happened.  

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