A rose for emily

The World is Forever Changing

Human nature resists change because we are creatures of habits and routines. William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” shows the damage that can be done if a person is unwilling to change, and unable to let go of past ideals.
Emily Grierson is a Southern belle clinging to her old south mentality. She was raised in the south firmly entrenched in the hierarchy of the old wealthy families complete with southern white supremacy ideals. Miss Emily’s father instilled in her a belief just as the old southern ways believed that she was above society, and did not have to obey the law of the land or the impending change. “Thus she passed from generation to generation--dear, inescapable, impervious, tranquil, and perverse.” Miss Emily kept her old black servant, and her big southern house, the only one left in the town. People saw her less and less, and her inability to change kept her secluded from society. Miss Emily didn’t live in the same wor...