A_Rose_For_Miss_Emily

A Rose For Miss Emily In most writings an author looks for different ways to capture their readers. This is why readers are able to form opinions about what they have read. They create a point of view to try and evoke certain feelings so, we can have a better understanding of a character. In “A Rose For Miss Emily” by William Faulkner he expresses the theme of Individuality. He Created an idea of Individuality through Emily Grierson who becomes isolated not by choice, but by her father’s demands. Emily’s society look upon her with pity because she was a loner. Faulkner in the beginning of the story uses Miss Emily’s father as dominant figure over her. Faulkner states that “None of the young men were quite good enough for Miss Emily and such”(2). Emily’s father held her to such high standards that he never let her date anyone in the town. Emily never gets an opportunity to have a normal life growing up. Faulkner states We had long thought of them as a Tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled silhouette in the foreground, his back to her and clutching a horsewhip, the emily, miss, father, homer, faulkner, town, never, life, emily’s, states, society, pity, turned, people, live, held, away, way, upon, one, looked, lived, let, isolated, individuality, high, free, break, body, alone, after, young, true, thought, suitable