A Rose for Emily

In the narrative "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner introduces us to a very round, dynamic character, Emily. She is a well-developed character with varied and complex traits. Emily definitely changes during the course of story. Although the story is not told in chronological order, we conclude that at the beginning of Emily's life her father was very protective of her. By the end of her life, she is not the same person she used to be. She is not sheltered or child-like. This narrative is told in third person point-of-view. We concluded that the narrator might be a man, an older white man. From the descriptions of the narrator, the picture I can imagine of Miss Emily is from the first description of how she looks-“ a small, fat woman in black, with a thin gold chain descending to her waist and vanishing into her belt, leaning on an ebony cane with a tarnished gold head. Her skeleton was small and spare; perhaps that was why what would have been merely plumpness in another was obesity in her. She looked bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water, and of that pallid hue. Her eyes, lost in the fatty ridges of her face, looked like two small pieces of coal pressed into a lump of dough as they moved from one face to another while the visitors stated their errand.”

This will be her profile picture.
Her privacy settings will probably be set as very high. She was very secluded. She only stayed in her home all the time. She did not talk to anyone therefore she would have no friends. Her page layout would be very gothic; modeling the oppression and southern gothic theme Faulkner wanted to point out in his narrative. This profile picture would be the only picture she would have available to view only by her friends. Since she does not have any, no one will be able to view her picture.
Miss Emily’s home would look something like this:

State: Mississippi
County: Yoknapatawpka
Faulkner wanted to point out the oppression in the south by his use of language and his setting of a southern gothic town. Miss Emily’s house definitely exemplifies a typical southern gothic setting. The house surrounded by plants as a source of isolation and the color of the house inspired a gothic, dark sense. The smell that came from the house can also be inspired by the old, ancient house depicted above.