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have been asked to analyze one of the story in the document attach below which i will be choosing A Rose for Emily that which i will analyze and will like to relate it to Ray B. west's Atmosphere.
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The Upbringing of Emily and how it influenced her Life
Ray B. West successfully explains to the reader in Atmosphere and Theme in Faulkner's
A Rose for Emily" that Emily is trapped in the past, but he fails to recognize that Emily failures
highly relate to her upbringing, she was not exposed to the society and had little knowledge of
the community lives. She was very emotionally attached to her father to the extent that she
refused to acknowledge his death. There are many insights into the story that further elaborate
her strong belief in her father. In one case, she refused to acknowledge that time had changed
and her father’s influence only existed during the time of Colonel Sartoris’s leadership.
According to Emily, as long as Colonel Sartoris was alive, she was to be protected and therefore
not liable for paying taxes. However, that is not how the then society worked. She did not believe
in change and prefers enjoying status quo. Emily could still not believe that Colonel Sartoris had
died and interestingly, he had died ten years earlier.
At the opening of a story, she i...