Her name was Emily Grierson. A woman who's life has been the talk of the town, ever since her father died. Written by William Faulkner, he brings this character alive using many details and descriptions of her and her environment. He describes her in ways that give us insight into her personality. She is a small, fat, woman who's frame was small. "Her eyes, lost in the fatty ridges of her face, looked like two small pieces of coal pressed into a lump of dough…" (Faulkner pg. 81) This depiction implies that Emily has a stare and eyes that are very unnerving. In one instance he writes her as having short hair making her look like a girl and a resemblance to angels in church windows. This was after her father died and shows an almost kind of shift in her personality, almost blissful. "…cold, haughty black eyes…as you imagine a lighthouse-keeper's face ought to look." (Faulkner pg. 84) A lighthouse-keeper is probably awake a lot and doesn't get much sleep, a job which would breed......

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Title: A Rose For Emily
Approximate Word Count: 460
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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