A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

This story is structured more sparatically than the others. Faulkner moves through time with the use of flashbacks as well as present action. Emily is a very secretive character. She likes to keep to herself and does not like many people in her life; hence, she has one man that comes and brings her groceries and she killed the only other man that she was close to. The plot of this story is foreshadowed when the young man is seen entering her house one night, but no one notices him leaving. The final paragraph of the story gives the reader a real understanding of Emily. If the reader had received this info at the beginning, then they wouldn't have the background knowledge to tie everything together. At the beginning, I felt that she was this poor, innocent, lonely old lady; however, I realized that this was definitely not the case.