Rose for Emily

When somebody reads the short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, he (/she) can easily portray the Grierson Family. The author uses lots of symbolisms and gives hints in order to show us all the necessary information about this family and to make us to get into the story. Actually I felt myself as one of the neighbors of Emily. We know that Grierson Family is rich, since we have some details given by the narrator. For example; when the deputation knocked at Emily’s door, we get a description of Emily. It says; “… a small, fat woman in black, with a thin gold chain descending to her waist and vanishing into her belt, leaning on an ebony cane with a tarnished gold head.” They are rich, because her father sees himself higher than everyone. A poor person can’t feel himself higher than anyone else, but his arrogance and overconfidence make us to think that he has to be rich, since power requires money.