Perspective Readings

While studying the literature of the South I read 3 different selections: one of them was "A Rose for Emily", by William Faulkner found on page 82 in the textbook. This story is about Emily Grierson, and the life that she has after the death of her father whom she refuses to acknowledge is dead. One of the questions that I answered was: How does Faulkner’s ordering of events affect the reading of this story? 

In "A Rose for Emily", Faulkner's ordering and organization of the story greatly affect the flow of the story. We can see that the story starts when they talk about how Miss Emily died (Faulkner, 82). Then the author proceeds to move into the story starting when Mr. Grierson died. This affects the reading of the story because if the story doesn't start about mentioning Emily we would think that the story would be about her father and how he died and left a small fortune. That is why the ordering and organization of the story is so important.