REVIEW: A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner (4 stars)

 This is a short story - not at all a "book" - and I found a version online. Quick read and creepy! It's interesting how people will look the other way when they know something is wrong or someone is up to no good, as a show of "respect." It's also interesting to me how Emily clings to tradition - the structure she has always known - instead of breaking free, into the unknown. She holds onto her father's corpse as a way of resisting changes to her life. She becomes a recluse. She even kills the man she loves to keep him around. In the end - she transforms into her father - controlling, secretive, manipulative. The larger, darker silhouette in the tableau. Analyses of this story are a great rabbit hole.

REVIEW: A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner 
RATING: 4 stars
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