A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
There are no doubts about William Faulkner’s ability to write on universal topics such as social conditions in that period of time, but also the gossiping nature of human beings or the tendency of talking about other’s life. This mixture of setting and characters make possible to notice all these aspects criticized or shown by him.
In my opinion, one of the most intriguing aspects of human beings is “gossip” because if there is a gathering of lots of people getting along one another, it is unavoidable to start talking about other’s life, but what makes someone to start talking about pieces of gossip on people gathered there. This is clearly presented in the work a Rose for Emily in which the neighbors, the narrators, are describing Emily’s life as it were theirs. The work also reminds me of the show business because Emily was an important person representing tradition and conservative thinking, but due to that she was not allowed to have a private life. Everybody knew her activities (giving classes of painting), facts (father’s death), state (getting mad after his death), and even sales (poison).
Personally speaking, I am not fond of this topic since I do not see the point in gossiping bad comments about private life or the show business. However, despite this is only a invented art, it has another deeper meaning because Emily was kind of psycho for killing Homer, the Rose (her opportunity to be happy), but the neighbors who lives besides her or close to her did not do anything about it until she was found dead besides Homer and that is something that can be seen nowadays in a common Neighborhood, I mean, everyone is allowed to talk about others, but not giving any kind of help if this strange behavior or reactions take place. Emily was having trouble, everybody noticed, not for nothing they described everything. For example, her stages as a representative person, madness, makeover and her disappearance were a mark of instability in mood and state.
This masterpiece is incredible in considering human nature and society until today, it means, getting worse and worse, increasing the outrage and reducing the love for one another. (Mat 24:12)
Personally speaking, I am not fond of this topic since I do not see the point in gossiping bad comments about private life or the show business. However, despite this is only a invented art, it has another deeper meaning because Emily was kind of psycho for killing Homer, the Rose (her opportunity to be happy), but the neighbors who lives besides her or close to her did not do anything about it until she was found dead besides Homer and that is something that can be seen nowadays in a common Neighborhood, I mean, everyone is allowed to talk about others, but not giving any kind of help if this strange behavior or reactions take place. Emily was having trouble, everybody noticed, not for nothing they described everything. For example, her stages as a representative person, madness, makeover and her disappearance were a mark of instability in mood and state.
This masterpiece is incredible in considering human nature and society until today, it means, getting worse and worse, increasing the outrage and reducing the love for one another. (Mat 24:12)
