I enjoyed Faulkner's short story,"A Rose for Emily". The story made you feel bad for Emily because she had been cooped up in that house for all those years. The town gossiped about her constantly and were so into her personal life. She finally obtained a lover and then it was as if he had left her. It is a very depressing story of her life. In the end we find out that she actually killed her lover because he was going to leave her. This came as a suprise to me, but I still sympathized for her because her misery had obviously driven her mad.
Faulkner's use of plot made the story very interesting because it started with her death, told about her life, and ended with her death. After her death Faulkner also reveals that her lover was found in the bedroom upstairs. This order of events lead to a suprise ending which I enjoyed. The way an author uses plot can completely change the way you view a story.
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