...A summary of A Rose For Emily A Rose for Emily, written by William Faulkner, is a short story about the life and death of Miss Emily Grierson.Faulkner's primary themes are the struggle of the individual will against the pressures of time and change, and of the conflict between the interests of society and the individual's needs and desires.He arranged the story in five sections of roughly equal length. The first, which begins with her death, deals with Miss Emily's encounters with the tax officials, the next with the death of her father. The third tells the story of her buying poison for an unnamed purpose, and the fourth tells the story of Homer Barron and Emily's own aging and growing isolation. In the fifth section Faulkner returns to Emily's funeral, and the shocking discovery that follows it. The first section of this short story additionally includes a description of the history behind the town's relations to Miss Emily. The narrator comments: "Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town". This obligation began in the year 1894 when Miss Emily's father died; he left her nothing but the house. That year the town's mayor told Miss Emily she was exempt from all taxes because the town owed her father. Miss Emily accepted his exemption and the tradition began. As this section comes to an end, a new mayor tries to get Miss Emily to start paying taxes, but she refuses. The second section of A Rose for...
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...A plot of a story is the order of events that have been chosen by the author to catch the reader’s attention. The author choses a certain order in which to tell the story to introduce characters in certain order along with suspense and surprise. It shows how certain events in the story are related, how they connect and who they connect with. Telling a story in chronological order does not add the element of keeping the readers mind into the story because it does not give the reader any questions to think about as they are reading. The plot of the story “Sonny’s Blue’s”, it is clear that the author starts the story in the middle of the events. He shows the story through the eyes of the brother of Sonny finding out his brother had been arrested for drug use. He then flashes back to their childhood because of the sound of the children outside while he is in his classroom thinking about what he had read in the newspaper. He looks back to their childhood, the conversation he had with his mother after their father died about being a father role in Sonny’s life. Though he neglected the conversation he had with his mother and proceeded to get married and join the army days later. It was until his mother died that he had to return home and sit with Sonny in their house talking about their lives and how different they were. They were two separate people and had very different lives. They fought and disagreed on many things such as Sonny’s dreams. The brother had to go back to...
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...“A Rose for Emily” – A Story Summary The short story “A Rose for Emily” (1930) by William Faulkner is set after the Civil War in the south of the United States in a fictional town called Jefferson. The story is not told chronologically and it is divided into five parts, each talking about a different episode of the protagonist’s life. She has one big lifelong problem – the inability to accept any changes in life and she tries to keep all the things in the way they always were. Miss Emily Grierson is a lonely lady from an aristocratic family who suffered a lot in her life. She lost a man who she loved and hoped to marry, as well as her father, who died. She is attached to her life and not willing to make any changes. She even does not want to admit to herself that her father really died. The townspeople have to come up with law to persuade her to let them take the body out of the house. We can see her refusing to pay taxes, which were remitted to her father. And she kept refusing to pay them even after a personal visit. However, they decide not to charge her, and remit her taxes again. She stops going out at all and she stays all days shut in in her house. She has a black servant, Tobe, who helps her with shopping. People start to complain about a smell around Emily’s house, but it vanishes after some time. Although the residents of the city do not like her much, they start to feel sorry for her after all. A Northman, Homer Barron, comes to the city. He is the absolute opposite...
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...Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” English Composition 1102 Thursday Night An Analysis of the Sections in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” Outline I. Outline II. Introduction A. Opening Statement B. Author Information III. Body A. Section One B. Section Two C. Section Three D. Section Four E. Section Five IV. Conclusion V. Works Cited OPENING STATEMENT William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” is the story of an eccentric spinster, Emily Grierson. Emily lived a luxurious life in a poor southern state, obeying her overbearing father until her ultimate death. “A Rose for Emily” begins with the death of Miss Emily Grierson and proceeds to tell the story of her life in the years leading up to her death and the horrible secret she has kept hidden. The story is told from the point of view of a nameless narrator and a longtime citizen of Jefferson, Mississippi. He notes that while the men attend the funeral out of obligation, the women go primarily because no one has been in, nor seen the inside of Emily’s house for years. It should also be noted that Jefferson is a critical setting in much of Faulkner’s fiction. The story is told in five sections, and opens in section one with an unnamed narrator describing the funeral of Miss Emily Grierson. The narrator not only speaks for himself but also represents the community at large. The story continues on through section five where the narrator describes what happens after Emily dies. The story...
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...A Rose for Emily Movie Review SETTING Intrinsic to the development of both character and conflict, the setting of "A Rose for Emily" is Jefferson, the county seat of Faulkner's fictional kingdom that he named Yoknapatawpha county, a county in which Colonel Sartoris is an important figure. The emancipation of slaves after the Civil War, the South was inundated by Northern opportunists, known as carpetbaggers. Against the Northerners who had no code of conduct, the newly-poor plantation owners retained their aristocratic arrogance. And, the code of chivalry of such men as Emily Grierson's father protected the women against encounters with men such as Homer Barron. This code of chivalry keeps Colonel Sartoris from taxing the poor spinster and Judge Stevens from confronting Emily about the smell emanating from her house. However, the new generations of the South are removed from these antiquated ways, and it is this conflict between twentieth century and antebellum ways that is presented in Emily's character. CHARACTERS EMILY GRIERSON - A eccentric recluse, Emily is a mysterious figure who changes from a vibrant and hopeful young girl to a cloistered and secretive old woman. Devastated and alone after her father’s death, she is an object of pity for the townspeople. After a life of having potential suitors rejected by her father, she spends time after his death with a newcomer, Homer Barron. She ultimately poisons Homer and seals his corpse into an upstairs room. HOMER...
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...Virac, Catanduanes Reaction Paper A Rose for Emily Submitted by: Sheila Mae T. Tapar BSN 3A Submitted to: Mrs. Victoria Gianan Professor I. Summary/Synopsis A Rose for Emily" is a short story by American author William Faulkner first published in the April 30, 1930 issue of Forum. This story takes place in Faulkner's fictional city, Jefferson, Mississippi, in the fictional county of Yoknapatawpha County. It was Faulkner's first short story published in a national magazine. Faulkner explained the reason for his choice of the title as: [The title] was an allegorical title; the meaning was, here was a woman who has had a tragedy, an irrevocable tragedy and nothing could be done about it, and I pitied her and this was a salute ... to a woman you would hand a rose. The story is told in nonlinear narrative and begins at the huge funeral for Miss Emily Grierson. Nobody has been to her house in ten years, except for her black servant. Her house is old, but was once the best house around. The town had a special relationship with Miss Emily ever since it decided to stop billing her for taxes in 1894. But, the "newer generation" wasn't happy with this arrangement, and so they paid a visit to Miss Emily and tried to get her to pay the debt. She refused to acknowledge that the old arrangement might not work anymore, and flatly refused to pay. Thirty years before, the tax collecting townspeople had a strange encounter with Miss Emily about a bad smell at her place. This was...
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...shown throughout the plots, and the characters in, “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and “The Birth Mark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Firstly, Faulkner illustrates obsession of romance through mortality. In addition, Emily’s obsessive illness of love over death it often seen throughout the plot. Lastly, Hawthorne demonstrates the obsession of mortality thorough romance, through the main protagonist, Aylmer in “The Birth Mark.” To compare, Emily and Aylmer believe their obsessive consequences was from the heart, despite their obsessive disorders. In “A Rose for Emily,” the protagonist, Emily displays the obsession through her isolation. Equally important, the theme of obsession works as a preeminent role through the protagonist. Emily was never allowed to be autonomous growing up, and she goes beyond the lines on maintaining a strong intimacy through her isolating lifestyle. In essence, Emily develops a mental illness from severe isolation due to the actions of her father. To compare, Faulkner shares a slice of evidence as to why Emily has an...
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...A Rose for Emily Summary Analysis A Rose for Emily was indeed an s story that has great emotional moments to it that I felt made the story stand out then the rest. The first thing I will discuss is the characters of the story the role they played for the author. I will also give a description of Emily from her younger days until her age of 74. Then reason why everyone felt so sad for Emily and what made the feelings change. Then I will discuss the event at which they discovered a dead body in the house. Lastly will be my final thoughts of the story. This story is a key story that displays deep emotions of those around you. In this story are they’re several different characters that played a key part to collaborate each other. The first character will be the main one Miss Emily Grierson she starts out young then she works her way to death in the end at the age of 74. She was a beautiful woman during her youthful days all the man flocked to her but as she gets older very few did because she gotten fat. Also people accrued she had aggressive order that filled the area. She was very stubborn and very much a southern bell. Our next character was Colonel Sartorius he was the town’s mayor he always very light with Miss Emily due to the fact her father loan the town money prior to his passing. There was also alderman which was pretty much the town counsel. There was also a Negro the servant of Miss Emily. There was two cousins she had that was from Alabama. There was a druggist...
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...A Rose for Emily Summary How It All Goes Down You might want to look at our discussion of the novel's setting before you enter here, or at least know it's there to help if you get tangled up in this story's crazy chronology. Also keep in mind that the narrator of this story represents several generations of men and women from the town. The story begins at the huge funeral for Miss Emily Grierson. Nobody has been to her house in ten years, except for her servant. Her house is old, but was once the best house around. The town had a special relationship with Miss Emily ever since it decided to stop billing her for taxes in 1894. But, the "newer generation" wasn't happy with this arrangement, and so they paid a visit to Miss Emily and tried to get her to pay the debt. She refused to acknowledge that the old arrangement might not work any more, and flatly refused to pay. Thirty years before, the tax collecting townspeople had a strange encounter with Miss Emily about a bad smell at her place. This was about two years after her father died, and a short time after her lover disappeared from her life. Anyhow, the stink got stronger and complaints were made, but the authorities didn't want to confront Emily about the problem. So, they sprinkled lime around the house and the smell was eventually gone. Everybody felt sorry for Emily when her father died. He left her with the house, but no money. When he died, Emily refused to admit it for three whole days. The town didn't think...
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...that came to mind while thinking over the words knowledge and individual power are what I penned down. The way toward individual power above one’s individual atmosphere is paved by the possession of knowledge. The ability for you to be a much sounder person and to be able to progress the surroundings for those that are around you. An ideology and the power is instilled in you that you will be confidently encouraged to feel and live better. Assistance in coming up with better choices and lead you in the direction of righteousness in your everyday life is received from knowledge and individual power. The readings that I selected were “Crazy Courage” by Alma Luz Villanueva, “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver, and “Much madness is divinest sense” by Emily Dickinson. I logged on to the internet upon completion...
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...A Red, Red Rose BY ROBERT BURNS O my Luve is like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve is like the melody That’s sweetly played in tune. So fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry. Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi’ the sun; I will love thee still, my dear, While the sands o’ life shall run. And fare thee weel, my only luve! And fare thee weel awhile! And I will come again, my luve, Though it were ten thousand mile. The Castle of Otranto- Summary The novel begins with the impending marriage of Conrad, son the lord of the Castle Otranto, to Isabella. On the day of the marriage, Conrad is mysteriously struck down by a helmet that falls from the sky and crushes his skull and killing him. Remembering the curse set over the inhabitants of Castle of Otranto declaring that, should they become too proud, they will be replaced by another family, Conrad’s father Manfred panics. Afraid that his family is about to be ended, he decides to divorce his wife, Hippolita, because she has failed to give him a healthy son. Instead, he will marry Isabella himself and attempt to continue his line. But Isabella escapes. Aided by a peasant, Theodore, she manages to escape to Friar Jerome who gives her sanctuary before Manfred can force her into marriage. Infuriated at her attempt to thwart him, Manfred sets out to get Isabella back,...
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...Quest of the Little Prince The topic regarding the quest of The Little Prince, somewhat is a debatable subject because of the fact that it was not explicitly stated, although despite this, it was seen in the story that he was searching for his true purpose. At the start, the Little Prince asked questions stubbornly just like any child would. This was not his true purpose, but it is related to it. Children are naturally curious and want to explore without knowing it. In the book, the Little Prince was actually “bored” of his planet. This was seen with the fact that throughout the course of the book, he was only in his planet for a few days; he spent the rest of the time exploring other planets because he was fed up with his rose. He wanted to give the rose some space, and by doing so, he left his planet and actually found his true purpose, which was to look for answers to life. b. Theme in the Little Prince During his quest for his true purpose, he meets several people along his journey. Among these people, one of them was the fox. His conversation with the fox is actually the most important conversation of the book because this is actually what the book is about. Their conversation was about relationships and friendships, and in this conversation, he actually found...
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...mriff76: Managerial Report Use the numerical methods of descriptive statistics presented in this chapter to learn how these variables contribute to the success of a motion picture. Include the following in your report. 1. Descriptive statistics for each of the four variables along with a discussion of what the descriptive statistics tell us about the motion picture industry. 2. What motion picture, if any, should be considered high performance outliers? 3. Descriptive statistics showing the relationship between total gross sales and each of the other variables. Discuss. Motion Picture/Opening Gross/Total Gross/Number of Theaters/Weeks in Top 60 Coach Carter 29.17 67.25 2,574 16 Ladies in Lavender 0.15 6.65 119 22 Batman Begins 48.75 205.28 3,858 18 Unleashed 10.90 24.47 1,962 8 Pretty Persuasion 0.06 0.23 24 4 Fever Pitch 12.40 42.01 3,275 14 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 102.69 287.18 3,858 13 Monster-in-Law 23.11 82.89 3,424 16 White Noise 24.11 55.85 2,279 7 Mr. and Mrs. Smith 50.34 186.22 3,451 21 Be Cool 23.45 55.81 3,216 8 Modigliani 0.03 0.13 9 4 Flightplan 24.63 89.69 3,424 21 Steamboy 0.14 0.36 46 3 Lost Embrace 0.02 0.05 5 1 Kung Fu Hustle 0.27 17.08 2,503 16 Howl's Moving Castle 0.43 4.61 202 11 War of the Worlds 77.06 234.21 3,910 19 Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 0.02...
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...One great way to briefly turn the conversation toward myself at a party is to answer the question, "So, what do you do?" with, "I'm a writer." Not that most of the people I've met at parties have read my novels or short stories or feature articles; when they ask, "Have I seen any of your stuff?" I shrug and the conversation moves on. If I want attention for an hour or so, however, I'll tell them my horrible secret — for several years I made much of my freelance income writing term papers. I always wanted to be writer, but was told from an early age that such a dream was futile. After all, nobody ever puts a classified ad in the paper that reads “Writers Wanted.” Then, in the Village Voice, I saw just such an ad. Writers wanted, to write short pieces on business, economics, and literature. It was from a term paper mill, and they ran the ad at the beginning of each semester. Writing model term papers is above-board and perfectly legal. Thanks to the First Amendment, it’s protected speech, right up there with neo-Nazi rallies, tobacco company press releases, and those "9/11 Was An Inside Job" bumper stickers. It's custom-made Cliff Notes. Virtually any subject, almost any length, all levels of education — indulgent parents even buy papers for children too young for credit cards of their own. You name it, I've done it. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the plurality of clients was business administration majors, but both elementary education majors and would-be social workers showed up...
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...IM Medicine and untrained employees BY Oluwatobi David Ajetomobi (7009417) October 10th 2013 ADM1100 Section B Professor’s name: James Bowen Executive Summary To: IM Medicine From: Oluwatobi David Ajetomobi Subject: IM Medicine and untrained employees Primary or central problem: The employees at IM Medicine do not follow and understand the company’s policies that have been in place for over 20 years. Alternatives: 1. Drugs inspection before dispatchment. 2. Company’s policies awareness. 3. Discourage doctors from accepting bribes and prescribing IM’s drugs to salespeople 4. Replace failing products with new ones. 5. Free medical consultation for customers that were affected by Filex. Facts considered: 1. Ignorance of employees 2. Lack of knowledge about the company’s policies 3. No cooperation among employees. Recommendation: The company should immediately compensate customers that were affected by Filex. A new and improved drug that can replace Filex should be introduced to the public. All drugs must be properly checked before they are dispatched to the public. Assumptions It would cost the company money to implement alternative and a long while to recover lost customers that might have switches to competitors. Statement of the problem Satellite problems: * IM Medicine is suffering from a decrease the company’s stock. This means a decrease in the sales of the drugs manufactured by...
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