I argue this point because Emily fell in love with Homer Barron, a Yankee, who was contracted by the town to pave its sidewalks. ... In "A Rose for Emily" Faulkner placed Emily in the perfect spot of the town. Faulkner writes: It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily light-some style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street. ... The setting of the story, its surroundings, and weather sets the tone to the story which makes it an important literary device. 3 In "A Rose f...

• Word Count: 809
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Fitzgerald sticks to prose narrative and dialogue for the most part, and he keeps a consistent tone and point of view throughout the novel. ... Anthony begins as the trim and dapper man-about-town, wearing his attitudes in the same way that he wears his clean, clean clothes. ...

• Word Count: 2828
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

At an early age, Carver moved with his family to the working-class town of Yakima, Washington. ... Plot Summary "Cathedral" opens with the narrator telling the reader in a conversational tone that a blind friend of his wife's is coming to visit them. ...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School