... influential aspect of a child's life. The experiences of family life lay the groundwork for the kind of man or woman a child will become. In this crucial stage, children need to experience love "the unconditional love only strong family ties can produce. William Faulkner's short stories revolve around the family relationships established by the characters, and the conflict arising ... from these relationships "or because of them "drive the stories. As in life, the influence of family members often has long lasting effects on Faulkner's characters. By illustrating the tragic lives of .....

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... and these themes are especially evident in the short stories, "A Rose For Miss Emily," "Barn Burning." William Faulkner blamed the wealthy social elite of old for much of the South's ills, insisting "that the aristocratic south is responsible for its own degeneration and that the ravages of war only symbolize the consequences of inward decay" (Vickery 13). In "A Rose for Emily," the color yellow, used frequently as an adjective, symbolizes this ... also found on the bed, upon which the body must have lain for quite sometime, for "what was left of him, rotted beneath what was left of the...

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