Comparison_Of_Stories

Comparison Of Stories In both Alice Walker’s story “The Flowers” and William Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily,” the story’s ending exemplifies the type of change that takes place in the main character. Myop, the protagonist of “The Flowers,” undergoes a maturing, learning experience, while Emily, the protagonist of “A Rose for Emily,” undergoes a physical change, solely passive. Moreover, each of these characters differs in their approach to the change that happens to them. It is the ending in the stories that clearly finalizes the changes that takes place in each protagonist. The wording of the ending suggests the way in which the characters faced the change. In “The Flowers,” “Myop laid down her flowers.” She takes an active role to place her childhood away. It is based solely on her free will; she chooses to mature. On the other hand, Emily is found dead with “A long strand of iron-gray emily, change, takes, place, hair, flowers, story, protagonist, gray, ending, characters, age, way, undergoes, turning, solely, rose, next, myop, iron-gray, grayer, each, both, active, years, wording, woman, william, while, walker’s, usual, upon, until, undergo, type