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- 71: Women In The Military
- ... years, there have been many courageous women who have been fighting their way into record-breaking positions so their male peers would accept them. Two of these women are Shannon Faulkner and Shannon Workman. Faulkner was the first woman to become a cadet at the Citadel as she walked through the gates on August 12, 1995. Faulkner entered the 152-year-old military school located in South Carolina as a "knob," or a first year cadet. Upon her arrival, the military made exceptions to certain rules ...
- 72: A Rose For Emily
- A Rose for Emily Characterization refers to the techniques a writer uses to develop characters. In the story A Rose for Emily William Faulkner uses characterization to reveal the character of Miss Emily. He expresses the content of her character through physical description, through her actions, words, and feelings, through a narrator's direct comments about the character's nature, and through the actions, words, and feelings, of other characters. Faulkner best uses characterization to examine the theme of the story, too much pride can end in homicidal madness. Miss Emily, the main character of this story, lives for many years ... recluse, someone who has withdrawn from a community to live in seclusion. "No visitor had passed since she ceased giving china-painting lessons eight or ten years earlier" (253-254). Faulkner characterizes Miss Emily's attempt to remove herself from society through her actions. "After her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people ...
- 73: Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine
- ... moving it towards its eventual destruction at the hands of the great danger held within. It has been postulated that Bradbury's work has been influenced by that of William Faulkner. Bradbury may have obtained his idea for the use of the heaven and hell archetype from one of Faulkner's works, "That Evening Sun". (Rosenman 85) Both Faulkner and Bradbury use many classical allusions to various mythical figures, especially to those figures central to the Heaven and Hell archetype, including Eve, Satan, and Hell. (Rosenman 85) Furthermore, ...
- 74: A Rose For Emily
- Characterization refers to the techniques a writer uses to develop characters. In the story A Rose for Emily , William Faulkner uses characterization to reveal the character of Miss Emily. He expresses most of her character through physical description, her actions, words, and feelings, a narrator's direct comments about the character's nature, and through the actions, words, and feelings, of other characters. Faulkner best uses characterization to examine the theme of the story, too much pride can end in madness. Miss Emily, the main character of this story, lives for many years as a recluse, she has withdrawn from her community to live in seclusion. "No visitor had passed since she ceased giving china-painting lessons eight or ten years earlier. Faulkner characterizes Miss Emily's attempt to remove herself from society through her actions. "After her father's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people ...
- 75: As I Lay Dying
- As I Lay Dying William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying is a novel about how the conflicting agendas within a family tear it apart. Every member of the family is to a degree responsible for ... more than Anse. Anse's laziness and selfishness are the underlying factors to every disaster in the book. As the critic Andre Bleikasten agrees, "there is scarcely a character in Faulkner so loaded with faults and vices" (84). At twenty-two Anse becomes sick from working in the sun after which he refuses to work claiming he will die if he ... of money to self pity. Instead of what can I do for them Anse will always be the one thinking what can they do for me. Works Cited Bleikasten, Andre. Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. Bloomington/London: Indiana University Press, 1973. Howe, Irving. William Faulkner: A Critical Study. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1975. William, Faulkner. As I ...
- 76: Barn Burning: Sarty's Transformation Into Adulthood
- Barn Burning: Sarty's Transformation Into Adulthood In William Faulkner's story, "Barn Burning", we find a young man who struggles with the relationship he has with his father. We see Sarty, the young man, develop into an adult while ... the society he lives in. His struggle dealing with the reactions which are caused by his father's acts result in him thinking more for himself as the story progresses. Faulkner uses many instances to display the developing of Sarty's conscience as the theme of the story “Barn Burning.” Three instances in which we can see the developing of a ... He told his mother to "Lemme go."(153). He seems willing to go to any length to disobey his father for the purpose of serving justice now. After reading about Faulkner's transitional phases of the compliments, speech, and loyalty of Sarty, we can see the change from childhood to adulthood or from a person of innocence into a person ...
- 77: As I Lay Dying By William Faul
- William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying is a novel about how the conflicting agendas within a family tear it apart. Every member of the family is to a degree responsible for ... more than Anse. Anse's laziness and selfishness are the underlying factors to every disaster in the book. As the critic Andre Bleikasten agrees, "there is scarcely a character in Faulkner so loaded with faults and vices" (84). At twenty-two Anse becomes sick from working in the sun after which he refuses to work claiming he will die if he ... of money to self pity. Instead of what can I do for them Anse will always be the one thinking what can they do for me. Works Cited Bleikasten, Andre. Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. Bloomington/London: Indiana University Press, 1973. Howe, Irving. William Faulkner: A Critical Study. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1975. William, Faulkner. As I ...
- 78: A Rose For Emily: Comparison to The Sound and The Fury
- A Rose For Emily: Comparison to The Sound and The Fury "A Rose for Emily" came out in 1930. To some readers this horror story is the most "gothic" that Faulkner ever wrote as a writer. But if horror is all he/she gets from the story then that person is missing the meaning of the story. "A Rose for Emily ... That was the last they saw of Homer. The Town had thought he just wasn’t the marring type, but Emily buying poison was a foreshadow of things to come. Faulkner uses this to build suspense into the story. What she is doing is watching her past get beaten back by the new generation. Her painting pupils fell away and free ... Colonel Sartoris "gave" them tax free living in Jefferson for Emilys father borrowing money in the past. By this Emily never paid taxes and in essence lived in the past. Faulkner also used dramatic situation from the start, it unfolds with a clash of wills with Emily and her father. Faulkner ends it in a classic denoument or "untying of ...
- 79: A Rose For Emily 4
- A Rose for Emily William Faulkner In the famous story by William Faulkner there is a lonely tale of a woman that is living out the better part of her life in a cage. The setting is in a southern town that may ... it off. This must have been a hard thing to do for Emily. For one thing it is the first man in her life since her spouse and her father. Faulkner did not relay go into much detail with the construction worker Homer Barron. Just that they were seen in a carriage riding back form church one Sunday. So time ...
- 80: A Homicide For Emily
- A Homicide for Emily A Rose for Emily is a short intriguing story written by William Faulkner. This is because the way Emily s character is portrayed, the mysterious death of Homer Barron, and the way Faulkner uses the narrator to tell the story. Emily is portrayed as a woman who kept to herself throughout her whole life. In her younger years her father had driven all ... says, our whole town went to her funeral. This statement suggests that the whole town loved Emily. But in actuallity I believe the town didn t love her at all. Faulkner used a third person narrative to describe Emily s life. The narrator is unnamed and has no active role in the story. His use of an anonymous narrator is ...
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