In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”, the role of the community plays a major part in the story. The community’s feelings and viewpoints affect the events that are portrayed in the story. The narrator of this story is a member of the community. Therefore, the reader views Emily through the eyes of the community. Miss Emily is a very respected woman in her town. Her Grierson name is one reason the community holds her in such high regard. However, not all of the community feels this way about Emily. Many people in the town disapprove of the relationship between Miss Emily and Homer Barron, which affects the reader’s view of Miss Emily as well. Miss Emily is also unable to let go of her past. Her inability to leave her past behind causes the community to wonder if something is wrong with Miss Emily. The reader gets mixed emotions and feelings of Miss Emily because the community is narrating the story.

In “A Rose For Emily”, Miss Emily is greatly respected by the community; everyone in town knows about Miss Emily. The respect of Miss Emily begins with her father, Mr. Grierson. Her father was a very strict but also respected man. His strictness was shown throug

As time passed and new generations formed, the town’s view of Miss Emily began to change. Her generation was the one that remitted her taxes, and spoke well of her. The next generation of the community had new ideas for the town. This group of people lost respect for Miss Emily. They nagged at Miss Emily about paying her taxes and didn’t believe her that Colonel Sartoris remitted her taxes a long time ago. “See Colonel Sartoris. I have no taxes in Jefferson” (1121). This was just the beginning of the different feelings the new community was having toward her. Not paying taxes was not the only reason the town began to lose respect for Miss Emily. Her relationship with Homer Barron had a negative on the community’s opinion of her. These feelings lead the reader to think differently of Miss Emily.

Homer Barron was a northerner, a “Yankee” (1123). Everyone in town knew of Homer Barron. The kids would follow in groups to hear him “cuss the niggers” (1123). One Sunday afternoon Miss Emily and Homer Barron were seen riding in the same yellow-wheeled buggy around town. As the weeks went by, Miss Emily and Homer were still seen together riding on Sunday afternoons. This caused a lot of negative talk about Miss Emily. The community believed that Miss Emily was setting a bad example for the younger girls in the town, which caused the town’s respect for her to drop. Miss Emily was also seen buying a silver toilet set that had H.B. engraved on it. When this news spread around the community, new talk of “maybe they’re married” began to spread. She was also seen buying a complete set of men’s clothing, including a nightshirt. The town now hopes they are married, because if they are not, then are living a life of sin. This negative talk about Miss Emily gives a bad impression her to the reader.

The community’s reactions to Miss Emily affect the events of the story because the community tells the story. The community is the narrator of “A Rose for Emily”. Every feeling they felt about Miss Emily is expressed through their descriptions of every event of her life. These feelings are passed on to the reader as the story is being told.

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