1. A Rose for Emily
... having "learned" information and by his ability to relay supposedly accurate details about events he did not witness. He describes in exquisite detail, for example, the visit of the deputation sent to collect Miss Emily's taxes: [W]hen they sat down, a faint dust rose sluggishly about their thighs, spinning with slow motes in the single sun-ray.... Then they could hear the invisible ... " is about, among many other things, gossip, and Faulkner, through his narrator, tricks us into implicating ourselves as we gossip about his characters in a way that we usually reserve for neighbors--fail...
- Word Count: 872
- Approx Pages: 3
- Grade Level: Undergraduate