In, A Rose for Emily, William Faulkner uses the element of time to enhance the plot and details of the story. By avoiding the chronological order of events of Miss Emily's life, Faulkner first gives the reader a finished puzzle, and then allows the reader to examine this puzzle piece-by-piece, step-by-step. ... Faulkner first recaptures the dispensation of Miss Emily's taxes in 1894, he continues by illustrating Miss Emily's nature of not accepting new concepts. ... While the reader reads through time and expects the story to be in sequence, Faulkner deliberately switches the...

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