Wednesday, October 1, 2008
A Kinky Rose for Emily sounds better
Boy, guys, the end of this one was pretty good, huh? I enjoyed this story quite a bit for several reasons. First, it reminded me of my grandmother (NO she did not sleep with dead guys, you guys are gross) in that she lived in a house somewhat like Emily's, once a beautiful home in it's rite but eventually an outcast amonsgt the inevitable growth of a town, and she also aged there (alone and stubborn to offers at buying her land) while society moved on and she didn't. Secondly, I liked that there were a few words that I had to look up (self-admitted word geek) like gilt and coquettish and august which made me happy. But mostly, I enjoyed the style and content of the story; how it kind of wound around a bendy road but kept it's thread so that it was understandable but still able to completely astonish me at the end. Only the best of authors can get away with this as stealthily. Faulkner did a great job describing everything in just the right amount of detail to keep me focused, in keeping the story always interesting and in literally turning my stomach after my first reading. I'm reading too many books right now, but eventually, I would like to read more by him. I wonder if all of his work is as elegantly presented? Just one question? Why is it called A Rose for Emily? Does she get a rose and I missed it or is Faulkner referring to the flowers for her grave or what? I must have missed something. Someone throw it at me, ok?
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Katie-
I commented on the title too. Read my entry and let me know what you think about those possible theories.
Kim
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