A Rose for Emily is an attractive and symbolic short story by American writer William Faulkner. Faulkner 's stories not only release the sharp realities of life, but also a stream of unhappiness is known throughout the domain. In William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily, after her death, Emily’s story and the things she has done are revealed in a unique and mind-boggling way. Faulkner uses setting, the point of view, imagery, and symbolism, to create this story. Stories normally start from a beginning, but sometimes you must start at the end of one for it to make sense. One literary element of the text that Faulkner uses is setting. The story begins at the funeral of the protagonist Emily Grierson, an old woman who is seventy-four. “When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral; the men through a sort of respectful affection of a fallen monument…” (Faulkner 228). From this, we immediately know Emily Grierson is dead and can conclude that she is an important person in this story. According to the book Critical Insights, by Kathryn Stelmach Artuso, Faulkner is known for creating stories without using chronological order. “...with jarring shifts in chronology and unexpected transitions between minds.” (Artuso 4). At first, this way this way of writing may weaken the story, but it lets us discover that Faulkner is a genius in his works. Another element that Faulkner uses is the point of view. The story is told in first person point of view, and it is assumed