Although Faulkner wrote many novels such as Absalom Absalom and The Sound and the Fury, his intuition into the lives of people around him is clearly seen in his shorter stories. ... When Miss Emily died, it was explained in the book that most people went into her wake just to see the inside of her house because the word was that Miss Emily had killed Homer Barron and his body lay in her upstairs bedroom for over twenty years. ... Faulkner could have been making a statement about rumors or gossip and how exaggerated things can become in small towns or how fast information can move throughou...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

It was recorded within Jefferson's account book, "My dear wife died this day at 11:45A.M." ... Callendar failed in his attempt to generate a response from the Virginia public that Jefferson was keeping a slave mistress because, it did not shock or sound unfamiliar to many. "Callendar never understood that in Virginina and in other parts of the South there were honorable and dishonorable ways of sharing information about the interracial sexual affairs of elite men." states Dr. ...

• Word Count: 2174
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School