... unbiased, and unquestionable. We come to think of the narrator as the voice of the town as a whole, and we are made to take his word as our own. Because Faulkner uses the narrator to tell us how the town felt of Emily we tend to form those same opinions of Emily. In doing so, ... the reader to follow. Death is perhaps the most tragic event any character can experience. Yet, Faulkner begins the story with this gloomy detail to set the tone. From there the narrator establishes Emily's status as a staple within Jefferson. He tells of how people came to her funeral out of a certain "respectf...

• Word Count: 1870
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... narrative of a grotesque journey, we are terrifying depths of human significance; enigmatic, because we never seem to be certain in what sense the novels control our responses," states Jan Bakker. One of the themes in the novel acknowledges that all humans live in solitude and solidarity at the same time. How? ... by the book. It is the furious energy one feels pulsing in the writing itself that keeps us buoyed, that works as a tonic in revitalizing our sluggishness in the face of the intractable stuff life is made of," states Jan Bakker. Faulkner did not just start writing on his own. H...

• Word Count: 1548
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School