William Faulkner's classic short story "A Rose For Emily" is a tale of the life of a southern belle named Emily Grierson. Emily grew up in a time between the time of the age of aristocracy and the time of "the next generation, with its modern ideas"(Faulkner, 2054). The story of Emily's tragic and shocking story is relayed to the readers through an anonymous narrator. The narrator speaks on behalf of the town's people using the pronoun "we" quite frequently throughout the entire story. Although the narrator is speaking on behalf of the town, this person has their own opinions of Miss Grierson, which are conveyed throughout the tale. The narrator is a person who is not close to Emily personally. This provided us the readers with both an advantage and disadvantage. Had the narrator known Emily personally, we would have gained a personal insight into Emily's life and psyche. This being the disadvantage, the advantage of this type of narration came from the way that we as the readers only knew Emily through the eyes of a townsperson. This created a sense of us being in the town of Jefferson as all these events of Emily's life took place. More importantly, not knowing Emily personally gave a true feeling of curiosity and mystery for Emily. A perfect feeling for us to have for the shocking and gruesome ending that Faulkner builds up to over the entirety of his short story.
             Evidence throughout the story suggests that the anonymous narrator is a male. The evidence for this comes in the way that the narrator refers to the women of Jefferson.
             "...only a woman could have believed it" (2054), "A neighbor, a woman, complained..."(2055), " "just as if a man-any man-could keep a kitchen properly" the ladies said" are all examples of how the narrator always refers to them women as a different group, one that he is not part of. Nowhere in the story doe...