The difficulty of change becomes a focal point in William Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily." Faulkner conveys dark moods and elements of surprise in a seemingly simple story about an eccentric old lady who refuses to let go of the past. The story of Emily becomes a testament to the...

William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" draws a vivid picture of the south of the United States the turn of the century. It begins with the narrator mentioning the funeral of the eponymous Miss Emily. Faulkner's style in revealing the consequences of Emily Grierson's life and the shocking revelations ...

"The Dead" is the last chapter of "Dubliners" a book that contains fifteen short stories about the dubliners – a critical description about all social classes that lived in Dublin. In 1905 when James Joyce traied to publish the book it contained only eleven stories. They ...

J. D. Salinger "The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it." -James Bryce* In 1945, a novel was published that would forever change the way society views itself. The book, entitled The Catcher in the Rye, would propel a man named Jerome David Salinger to fame as ...

The Critique of Mary Flannery O'Connor's Spirituality-Versus-Evil Works Flannery O'Connor's use of the underlying theme, spirituality-versus-evil, is represented in the short stories "A Good Man Is Hard to Find", "Everything That Rises Must Converge", and...

A Critical Approach to Faulkner's "Barn Burning" In "Barn Burning," by William Faulkner, a tenant farming family is forced to move after the father, Abner, set fire to his neighbor's barn. Abner did this in retaliation of the neighbor's keeping Abner's hog...