A Rose For Emily

             Throughout history there has been a big difference between the North and the South. Now however, they have both changed but there are still some people who live the old way. This is shown in the William Faulkner story "A Rose For Emily". In this story there is a woman, Ms. Emily Grierson that lives in the ways of the old South when all the people of her town have changed and moved on in their way of living, but they still look up to her because she is a strong representation of their past. There is also a man named Homer Barron who came to the town from the north to work. He strongly represented the north and brought change to the South. Faulkner uses these two characters, Homer and Emily, to show the reader the differences of the North and the South, and also how the north affected the South.
             In the story, Faulkner creates Ms. Emily's character around that of the old South's. Emily is an aristocrat who does not work or earn money; she gets everything from her status. This directly relates to the old South in the way that the old South was based on aristocracy and the upper class people depended on slave labor to do their work, as ms. Emily uses Tobe to do things for her. Also aristocratic people of the old South did not follow the law because they believed that they were above it, shown when Ms. Emily buys the arsenic and does not give a purpose for it she "just stared at him" (page 535. Line 41) not giving the druggist an explanation. Faulkner made Ms. Emily's character a stubborn one to symbolize the way the old South was set in its ways. Faulkner shows this using many situations such as her reluctance to accept the postal changes, or her father's death. This is how Faulkner directly uses Ms. Emily ad a representation of the old South.
             In the story, Faulkner creates Homer Barron's character based on the North. The North brought progress to the South, changing many of their Ideas an...

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