William Cuthbert Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi on September 25, 1897. His family moved to Oxford, Mississippi when Faulkner was five years old (Larinde). His parents were Murry and Maud Falkner (Zane 2). Faulkner added the ¡§u¡¨ to his last name on his Royal Air Force application for unknown reasons (5).

Faulkner¡¦s great-grandfather, Colonel William C. Falkner had moved from Tennessee to the Mississippi Delta in 1841. The Colonel was a Civil War hero, plantation owner, railroad builder, and even a writer (Larinde). Faulkner¡¦s grandfather and father were both respected, though not wealthy. They were also both alcoholics.

Faulkner and his father never had a very good relationship. He and his mother, though, were very close. Maud gave him his love of art and literature. She influenced Faulkner more than anyone else with her s

?h Blythe, Hal. ¡§Faulkner¡¦s ¡¥A Rose for Emily.¡¦¡¨ Literature for Composition. 4th ed. Ed. Sylvan Barnet, et al. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. 191-193.

?h Brooks, Cleanth. ¡§On ¡¥A Rose for Emily¡¦¡¨. Literature for Composition. 4th ed. Ed. Sylvan Barnet, et al. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. 190-191.

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