Thursday, October 4, 2012

"A Rose for Emily"

Answer in 100 words or more.

What do you think of the point of view used by Faulkner?  How would it be different if it were told by Miss Emily?  What about Tobe?  What would his point of view added to the story?

10 comments:


  1. The point of view used by is third person point of view. If the story would have been told by Miss Emily or by Tobe, the point of view for Miss Emily might add more information to the story because we could actually know what happened instead of just having to guess. If the story would have been told by Miss Emily or Tobe, may be we could for sure know that Miss Emily poisioned Homar Barron. May be wecould see if Tobe had halped her kill him, or may be we could see if he helped her cover it up.

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  2. Faulkner uses third person point of view so we can see the how the town feels about it and how the outside views the situation. If it was told by Miss Emily we would have received a much more bitter story and perhaps we would know the reasons why she did what she did, like for example, whether or not she killed Homer or if she slept by his body. Maybe she would be able to justify her actions so that we could understand them. By using third person we only get a judgemental view where we can only draw conclusions. If Tobe were to tell the story, the truth might actually come out. He might be able to tell readers what actually happened without any emotional connection. On the other hand maybe her and Tobe had a thing and she locked herself in the house because it was unacceptable to be involved with a black man and they both plotted Homer’s death together. Just throwing that out there. Think what you want.

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  3. The point of view in the story is third person. It has an ominous feel to it. The narrator knows all that goes on in the house that Emily lives in even though the townspeople do not. The story would have more emotion and more explanation for why these things are happening. The narrator oversees what is happening but he doesn’t know Emily’s thoughts or feelings. If Tobe told the story you would see the whole picture. He knew that Emily had killed Homer Barron and he probably also knew why she didn’t bury him. His point of view would add things like personal experience from living with Emily so long.

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  4. In “A Rose for Emily,” Faulkner writes in a omniscient third person point of view. The reader reads as if they are a townsperson knowing all about Emily’s life, even though she was a very secretive person. If Miss Emily wrote the story she would have given more detail, we would have been seeing her world around her in her own thoughts. The twist is that Emily would have a very innocent and oblivious portrayal rather than the criticisms like the townspeople. She would have told why there was a smell and how Homer had died. This is a very different perspective from how Tobe would have seemed. If Tobe would have written it we would have all the secrets revealed, and he could have spoken of personal experience that he had with Emily.

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  5. The point of view used by Faulkner os third person. It would be different if it were told by miss emily because it would be told in first person. The readers perspective would be different. The way the reader understands and comprehends the story would be different. She would be able to show her personality and explain the reasons for every weird thing she did. Tobe point of view would be interesting in the way if he knew there was a dead man in the house. And if he knew she was sleeping beside the body. Tobe might know if she murdered him, Or he just died. He might of new she was a kind well loving women who was just distraught about her loved ones dieing around her.


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  6. In “A Rose for Emily” the author uses a third person point of view. The narrator is an unknown person that does not reveal him/ her, and knows all that goes on. If Faulkner used Emily in the first person, her story would be quite different from the one he wrote it in to begin with. She would say that she knew what the smell was in the house. Even though she might have not told what she did. If Tobe told the story in his first person, the reader still might not know all that happened. And he had a personal experience of what happened.

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  7. I believe that Faulkner used a third person omniscient point of view. This is where he tells the story from third person but still gives a little insight of the characters feelings in the story. If the story were told by Miss Emily it would have more emotion and information. She would tell about her fathers death, why she stayed couped up in her house and tell of what she did to Homer and why. If Tobe were to tell the story he could tell of all the things that went on while Miss Emily was locked in her home. He could answer the question that is left at the end, if Miss Emily really kills Homer and why he doesn’t tell anybody.

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  8. In “A Rose for Emily,” William Faulkner uses an omniscient third person point of view. It’s in the town people’s point of view making it omniscient because of their lack of ability to make them all knowing. If the story had been done in Miss Emily’s point of view then many elements in the story may be portrayed differently, such as when the sent bothers the towns people and does not bother Miss Emily. Miss Emily might see it as trespassing, where as the citizens see it as making the others towns people happy. In Tobe’s point of view he could give the element of seeing what is going on inside the house while Miss Emily carries on with her business. He could be a tool used by Miss Emily against his will or he could be plainly dedicated to her.

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  9. Faulkner uses a third person view to write this story not necessarily to disconnect the reader from the events transpiring, but to let the reader have a more broad, unbiased telling of the story. If it was written from Emily’s perspective, it may have been more in depth. Perhaps she would have given her motive as to why she wanted to rid of Homer. The story, being written in third person, leaves a lot of details to be determined by the reader. The details of Tobe’s life are undefined as well. The reader may have even more knowledge concerning the individual characters and the town as a whole.

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  10. Trenton is right on one aspect. This is a first person point of view. The narrator is a character in the story. He/she is not named, but the person is a watchful eye from the community. All of your comments were thoughtful and explained the importance of point of view and how it would change the whole story. Good job, kids! Miss you.

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