The Creepy Old Lady By William Faulkner - 995 Words

The Creepy Old lady The old woman across the street is sleeping with her dead boyfriend. In the story â€Å"A Rose for Emily,† the author, William Faulkner, enlightens his readers about an old, burden of a woman named Emily. He goes back into time and list events in her life that led up to the shocking conclusion when the reader finds out she has been sleeping with her dead sweetheart. This main ending leaves all readers in shock and their stomachs a little weak. In my instance the story built up my curiosity with pieces to a puzzle that I tried to solve, and I was able to put them together at the end to visualize the shocking conclusion. My initial curios reaction to the short story â€Å"A rose for Emily† began right off the back when Faulkner states â€Å"when Miss Emily Grierson died† (121). This was Faulkner’s way of introducing the reader to the main character Emily. This would leave any reader questioning who exactly is this Emily girl, and how did she die. 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