Comparing 'A Jury Of Her Peers And'

A short story is fictional writing with a fully developed theme, but is brief. Each story has a theme and many symbols throughout each story. There are plenty of short stories in different genres. Some can be horror and murder to someone finding love. The three short stories, "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall," "A Jury of Her Peers," and "A Rose for Emily," are short stories that all share the struggles of growing old, being isolated, and loving. For instance, "A Worn Path" is a story about Phoenix and her journey to town to get medicine for her grandson. The theme of this story is bravery, because Phoenix faced many challenges along the way to town. One of her many challenges is her age, as shown by some symbols. The author describes her as old and small, with a face

Seems like there are chains around my feet (Welty). She says this because her old age has left her almost immobile. Her umbrella symbolizes her age because she uses it as a cane and a weapon. She uses her cane to navigate the woods and fields to get to town. Since she was so isolated, it took all day for her to reach the hospital. That's just how much she loves her grandson. However, in " A Rose for Emily '', because she was isolated, she was driven to murder because of love. " A Rose for Emily" is told in the third person about Emily. The theme of the short story is isolation. When she was growing up, her father kept her shelter from any love interest; as her father grew old, she started caring for him, and when he died, she met Homer Barron. In the short story, William Faulkner monstrously describes her house. It symbolizes her loneliness and isolation. It was a big, square frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies." (Faulkner). The house also shows her