One of the greatest writers of the 20th century is William Faulkner. He was born and raised in the southern state of Mississippi which greatly influenced his style of writing. Faulkner liked to use a variety of styles and themes in his works. In one of his most famous books, "As I Lay Dying," he uses streams of consciousness, while in, "A Rose for Emily," his style and theme is very morbid and grotesque. He chose a much more down to earth style of writing in his short story, "Dilsey."
             Faulkner's choice of using streams of consciousness in "As I Lay Dying," tends to be confusing and complicated. It reveals the characters' feelings, thoughts, and actions in an associative, rather than logical sequence. "As I Lay Dying" is a whole-hearted monologue that lacks the unity, explicit cohesion, and selectivity of direct thought. An example of this would be the instance in which Vardaman flips out over his mothers death, and his thoughts go on a wild rampage. This can be expressed when Vardaman says, "My mother is a fish." Faulkner continues to express his characters mainly through their own words rather than by using a third person point of view.
             "A Rose for Emily," has an extremely morbid theme and is interestingly insane. The story begins by saying that Miss Emily is dead, and the whole town goes to her funeral, which in fact, is not true. The town mainly goes for the sole purpose of seeing her house. Miss Emily is not only weird and depressing, but also crazy. This is because no one in their right mind would kill a man and keep the dead body in their house. She must have killed Homer and kept him in her house for so long, thinking she could be with him forever. It is really hard to pinpoint the narrator in the this story, so he is never really known.
             Faulkner takes another approach in his short story, "Dilsey." This story is mu...