The reader becomes a member of society understanding the views of the other town's people. ... The flashback begins with the exposition. ... After she was buried a few of the town's people went up to the room that they knew no one had been in for forty years. ... The color rose found at the end of the story in the room where Homer was found represented love. Smell was one of the most important symbols throughout the story. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The first view (the world of the present) shows time as amechanical progression.? The second view (the world of tradition and the past) shows the past asdiminishing road.? ... The picture of her father is just another symbol of immobility and her unwillingness to let go of the past. ... In this case, the watch is a symbol of time; yet in this house, time is invisible. ... When Homer Barron, a symbol of progression, comes around to pave the town's sidewalks and construction modernizes the town. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Uncle Willy is a story with a young boy narrator. ... When the boy grows older he would probably view the situation differently, such as his father was viewing Uncle Willy. ... Emily's suicide seemed most logical to those viewing the situation. ... The tax officers would venture into her dank, downstairs living room to only be sent away from her with claims that she owed no taxes in the town. ... Faulkner was able to give you a child's point of view in That Evening Sun or Uncle Willy and then give you the point of view of a Native American tribe. ...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

He also must accept his involvement of risks in correspondence with his fellows. ... Two colors also connected with Jewel; the colors red and green. ... His most powerful symbol connected to Vardaman, though, is the fish. ... This is all interwoven inside Vardaman's head, with all the conscious and unconscious aspects blended with the realms of life, death, time, and space. ... ("ClassicNotes") William Faulkner used all of these elements to create this novel through the eyes of his southern view, all based on the actual human drama of the South. ...

• Word Count: 1564
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School