Faulkner uses this isolation of the main character to filter the facts and influence us, the readers, into thinking and feeling exactly what he intends. ... In doing so, we become attached to the town because we can relate to what they feel for poor, unfortunate Emily. ... With nearly all the facts surrounding the life and death of Emily in place the reader has been given a script of what to feel for her. ... Emily is immediately transformed from a lonely old woman who died with little or nothing in life but room for sorrow, to a murderous psychopath, hermit that wasted her life lying ...

• Word Count: 1870
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School