William Faulkner 's A Rose For Emily And A Barn Burning

Loyalty should be considered a quality that is supposed to keep family ties together and use the shield of bravery to protect it. It is proven that devotion in families of today, are lost and bravery shows no character in a person. It is a personality that each individual has in them only to be used in the most courteous way and should not be used selfishly. Loyalty cannot be purchased and must be earned. If it used in the wrong way, it can climax to a disaster.

"Rebellion, against not only rationalism but also against all traditional modes of understanding humanity, is the attitude forming the artistic backdrop as the twentieth-century begins. The perspective of the 'modern' and of modernism in literature is that the rationalist project fails to produce answers to the deepest human questions, is doomed to failure, and that we are on our own for seeking answers to questions about human meaning." (Mr. John Mays) Sarty Snopes in William Faulkner’s Barn Burning, explores these questions of human meaning, which ultimately classifies this modernistic short story. The dichotomy and differences between Sarty and Abner Snopes creates an undeniable tension within the character of Sarty, while he battles

William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" is a story that uses flashbacks to foreshadow a surprise ending. The story begins with the death of a prominent old woman, Emily, and finishes with the startling discovery that Emily as been sleeping with the corpse of her lover, whom she murdered, for the past forty years. The middle of the story is told in flashbacks by a narrator who seems to represent the collective memory of an entire town. Within these flashbacks, which jump in time from ten years past to forty years past, are hidden clues which prepare the reader for the unexpected ending, such as hints of Emily's insanity, her odd behavior concerning the deaths of loved ones, and the evidence that the

After an extended period of the Civil War and the Reconstruction, William Faulkner published his short story “A Rose for Emily” in 1930. In his fictional Jefferson, Mississippi (the county seat of Yoknapatawpha), Faulkner tells a story about Emily, an unhappy woman. The story begins at Emily’s funeral, and all the villagers in the town come to see the inside of the abandoned building (nobody has entered the house for at least ten years). The story flashes back decades before the funeral, Emily’s father dies, and she is left alone. Therefore, the town minister decides to exempt the tax for Emily. Later, when the new generation grows up, they do not accept the old rule anymore. They start to ask Emily for tax, but she refuses to pay it.

William Faulkner uses imagery to represent Miss Grierson’s confrontation to change by vividly describing her appearance. With the description given of Emily, readers might conclude that it symbolizes her inability to change. He describes

Southern Gothic frequently depended on the conviction that day by day life and the refined surface of the social request were delicate and fanciful, camouflaging aggravating substances or curved minds. Faulkner, with his thick and multilayered composition, generally remains outside this gathering of experts. In any case, "A Rose for Emily" uncovers the impact that Southern Gothic had on his written work: this specific story has an ill humored and denying climate; a disintegrating old manor; along with rot, festering, and grotesquerie. Faulkner's work utilizes the shocking components to highlight an individual's battle against an abusive society that is experiencing fast change. Another part of the Southern Gothic style is appointment and change. Faulkner has appropriated the

William Faulkner was born in 1897. Growing up in Mississippi inspired Faulkner to incorporate his southern roots into many of his works. Many of his works intertwined when it came to the setting and even some of the characters of his stories. William Faulkner’s short story “Barn Burning” is no different. In “Barn Burning” Faulkner brings in his native south through the setting, family dynamics, and social class.

William Faulkner has said that when you are writing a novel, there is a lot of room to add some fluff and be a bit careless with your ideas, but when writing a short story there is no room for “trash”, as he calls it. However, this can be a tough thing to do when you have a lot to say. Even Faulkner could have difficulty following along with his beliefs. After having read and considered A Rose for Emily and Barn Burning, I do believe that William Faulkner has been true to his beliefs in both of these short stories.

William Faulkner some would say was one of the great writers of American literature during the twentieth century. His stories many times had a gothic plot and contained odd or supernatural ideas and characters. He had many notable works, two of which were “A Rose for Emily” and “Barn Burning”. “A Rose for Emily” and “Barn Burning” are similar in the way that William Faulkner portrays the characters and the tone he uses in both.

If we compare William Faulkner's two short stories, 'A Rose for Emily' and 'Barn Burning', he structures the plots of these two stories differently. However, both of the stories note the effect of a father¡¦s teaching, and in both the protagonists Miss Emily and Sarty make their own decisions about their lives. The stories present major idea through symbolism that includes strong metaphorical meaning. Both stories affect my thinking of life.

“Barn Burning” is a story filled with myth. This coming of age story features a boy stuck in a family with a father who can be thought of as Satan, and can be easily seen as connected to myths of Zeus and Cronus. The connection to Zeus is further elaborated when William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” is also considered. These two stories along with a few others provided an amazing view of the south. Many characters or families can be viewed as groups that lived in the south during this time. The story is rich in mythology which includes a boy coming of age facing the challenges of morality, and southern life.

Throughout this story there were three points of symbolism that stood out the most. These symbols consist of fire, blood, and springtime. There are two main characters Abner and Sarty. Abner is the crazy father who went to war and has some sort of disability. Then Sarty is Abner's son who is by his side throughout the whole story. Symbolism plays an important role in William Faulkner's short story “Barn Burning”.

The house is her only memory left of her dad, her safe place from other people so that she won't be asked many questions about her dad and be reminded that he is dead which is why stays in all the time and makes her servant do the chores for her. The house is described as old and an antique, by the author describing this it can also represent the shift in power over generations. Since, the house was untouched since her father's death it shows the different age gap between the town. The rose could mean for the youth or the love she had for Hommer Barron and as roses do, they die as they get older. In the scholar journal, "Who Arose for Emily" states that the rose is never mentioned but it is in the title.

There are several ways in which William Faulkner's short story "Barn Burning" is indicative of literary modernism. It depicts a relevant historical period and is part of the frontiersman literary tradition (Gleeson-White, 2009, p. 389). The author utilizes a number of purely literary approaches that were innovative for the time period in which the tale was originally published (in 1932), such as employing a young child as a narrator complete with misspelled words and broken, puerile thoughts. However, the most eminent way in which this story embraces the tradition of literary modernism is in the author's rendition of dynamic social conventions that were in a state of flux at the time of the writing. Specifically, his treatment of race is the inverse of how race is generally portrayed in American literature prior to the early part of the 20th century. An analysis of this integral component of "Barn Burning" reveals that Faulkner's unconventional rendering of African American characters in a desirable social status particularly as compared to that of the Snopes clan is crucial to this tale's inclusion as part of the tradition of literary modernism.

William Faulkner wrote many of his stories to take place in the south. The reason for this is he was born and lived in Mississippi and because of this the south had a special place in his heart. Faulkner used his own life and issues of his day to create a county in Mississippi where all of his stories take place. Faulkner was a very inspirational writer for people living in southern states. Using his own personal experiences as well as taking inspiration from his favorite writers, William Faulkner wrote “Barn Burning” and his other works about the struggles of living life in the south for white and black people during the civil rights movement.