The use of gossip was told in many first person character speculations. With the town losing hope in the family it gives us the point of view that Emily Grierson is not an icon in the town, but is indeed a fallen monument. After many generations the town began to lose hope in the family because of their attitude. Emily coming from a well known popular family the town was always concerned with the family’s actions. When miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument”(21). The town gives the reader an impression of our main character. Only from this view could we hear their negative thoughts they have of Emily. Faulkner decidedly chose this point of view to intimately show how gossips think. An Objective point of view is when the narrator assumes the position of an observer, detached from the narrative. In “A Rose for Emily” Faulkner begins the story with the death of Miss Emily Grierson, giving the reader the first glimpse into the main character of the story.īy using an objective point of view an author turns the reader into a jury, so that the reader is able to interpret the story, and draw conclusions when given enough information. With The town of Jefferson is the narrator through out this story, giving it a first person narration style. Also the town focuses on the issue of Emily not paying her taxes, and the issue of her buying the poison. There is constant Gossip about Miss Emily Grierson that happens in this story to give us a clear understanding of our main character. In this particular story there are many different points of views on the main character Emily Grierson. A First person narration is a narrative mode where a story is narrated by one character at a time, speaking for and about them. In the story “A Rose For Emily by William Faulkner the story is told in a “First people” narration.

It could be from the lips of the main character, or it can be from an outside source. Aaron Davis English 1010: College Composition I A Rose for Emily Point of View Analysis First person narration can be used in many different ways.

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