Use of Ordering of Event in "A Rose for Emily"

Most people would not feel sympathy of any sort for a murderous woman. However, in “A Rose for Emily,” William Faulkner changes the chronological order of events to help create sympathy for Emily, who did, in fact, kill a man to keep her pride.
The first event Faulkner uses is Emily’s death. “When Miss Emily died, our whole town went to her funeral”(28). He uses this event to create sympathy because Emily was a “fallen monument”(29). The entire town has always seen her as a statue, an example of the old Southern aristocracy which it seeks to preserve.
Faulkner then uses flashbacks to reveal events in Emily’s life. The event that takes place next is “when Colonel Sartoris, the mayor, remitted her taxes”(29). This creates sympathy because the reader understands that even though Emily’s family was still considered aristocratic, they had no money and could not pay for their taxes.
The third event Faulkner uses is when Emily’s father...