A Rose For Emily And Barn Burning Analysis

In the two stories “A Rose for Emily” and “Barn Burning” both written by William Faulkner, the point of view is one of the few things the two have in common. In ‘’A Rose for Emily” the narrator uses a first person point of view and has a limited perspective compared to” Barn burning”. The narrator in “ A Rose for Emily” tells the story from what other people have said about Miss Emily, and because there isn’t much access to Emily the story is told with a much more limited perspective. Whereas in the story “Barn Burning” the narrator uses a third-person point of view and is much more reliable because there is more of an inside perspective on the story and the reader has access to all the changes in the Snopes family. “A Rose for Emily” is told from a first person point of view and has an unreliable narrator. The story tells about Miss Emily Grierson’s death and describes the events leading up to her death and the effect her death had on the community. “When Miss emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral.” This quote demonstrates the narrator’s use of foreshadowing and highlights the lasting impact Miss Emily had on the community.

In the story “Barn burning” The quote “A week ago - or before last night, that is - he would have asked where they were going, but not now. His father had struck him before last night but never before had he paused afterward to explain why.” This is an example of foreshadowing because it shows an unexplained change in Abner Snopes and leaves the reader an uneasy feeling that things are gonna get bad for Sarty. The barn burning was hard to find foreshadowing in but nevertheless it’s there. Setting in both “Barn Burning” and “A Rose for Emily” are similar as both take place in the deep south of