Answer the question given by the professor - Essay Example

Download file to see previous pages... She is a major character of the short story, because she is the key element of resistance-to-change algorithm. Emily became a victim of her father’s ambitions, her noble origin and public opinion of Jefferson dwellers, which destroyed her aspiration to making family with Homer Barron. She hid in her father’s home from the large world as a snail and lived among old memories and with dead body of her beloved. 2. The first-person narrator describes an occurrence in A&P to the target audience. This is a sarcastic and inexperienced teenager, who does not pick words to describe appearance of three girls and his dreams about Queenie. For example, he pays attention to her dangling bra straps and other details, which Sammy uses to guess her surroundings. Sammy’s omniscience is limited, although he gives a detailed description of atmosphere in the supermarket using metaphors and stereotypes of the consumer-conditioned society such as “sheep” and “houseslaves”. Teenager’s superiority above his colleagues and consumers is ironical. Sammy is short of life experience, that’s why he compares Lengel with Sunday-school-superintendent. When he quitted from A&P, he was hardly thinking about the future and disappointment of his parents. His quit was not a thoughtful act and would never be estimated at its true worth by Queenie. Sammy is the major character of the story, because he describes, analyzes and indirectly participates in the plot development. He is sarcastic and self-confident and does not respect his colleagues properly. For example, he tries on Stokesie’s family life and career to himself and ignores his own disadvantageous social position. Sammy’s detailed analysis of Queenie’s suit, regal walk, imperative gestures allows to understand he is dissatisfied with his work at A&P and secretly strives for better life. Sexual power of Queenie and her friends disturbs balance among male employees of the supermarket. There is a hidden social conflict of upper- and lower-middle class, limited life opportunities and how do they impact the main character’s behavior. 3. In the centre of “A Rose for Emily” there is a conflict between highly dynamic society and the main character. Using Emily Grierson as an example William Faulkner shows how public opinion and non-acceptance of social changes by a person may alter one’s life. The story starts from Emily’s funeral and, thus, the author is allowed to judge her actions independently. Emily Grierson belonged to local gentry of Jefferson and her future seemed to be prosperous. She was properly educated and moved only in high circle. Her family lived in a big house and was rich according to local standards. At the same time, Faulkner gives few small hints of uncertainty. When the authorities came to Miss Grierson as to paying taxes, they saw that leather of leather-covered furniture cracked, everything was covered with thick layer of dust. “People in our town, remembering how old lady Wyatt, her great-aunt, had gone completely crazy at last, believed that the Griersons held themselves a little too high for what they really were” (Faulkner 81). In the conflict with administration of Jefferson Emily behaved dryly and formally. She had never considered herself an ordinary member of town community, but an individual. She was proud and ...Download file to see next pagesRead More