A Rose for Emily: The Timeline and its effect

     William Faulkner's A Rose for Emily is a very interesting short story that deserves some attention. One reason is stands out from other stories is that it does not go in chronological order. The story is broken up within its timeline; indeed, Faulkner's story does not go in order calling readers to truly analyze his intentions in doing this. The timeline is a great way to entice the reader into understanding the actual theme I feel Faulkner was trying to convey. I believe Faulkner wants to display the power of death. This is evident as Emily Grierson's death is the first sequential event to occur when the story begins. Death is also conveyed powerful as Emily has a weird relationship with dead men throughout the story.

   


















     When I read A Rose for Emily it caught me quite odd that the story was in such an order. At first, the story develops smoothly but then it definitely is noticeable that Faulkner purposely wanted the order out of place. The reason for this is ambiguous and for readers to decide for themselves. In my opinion, he wanted to display significance to certain aspects such as death and perhaps for a different perspective on what happened. This is a great writing tool because it allows readers to put the story in order themselves therefore involving the reader into his story.