Interpretations of William Faulkners A Rose for Emily :: A Rose for Emily, William Faulkner

Interpretations of William Faulkners A Rose for EmilyWilliam Faulkners A Rose for Emily has been construe in many different ways. Most of these rely solely on hints found within the story. I believe that his life can as well as help one analyze this story. By knowing that Faulkners strongest influence was his mugwump mother, one can guess that Miss Emily Griersons character was based partially on Maud Falkner. William Cuthbert Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi on family 25, 1897. His family moved to Oxford, Mississippi when Faulkner was five years old (Larinde). His parents were Murry and Maud Falkner (Zane 2). Faulkner added the u to his start name on his Royal Air Force application for foreigner reasons (5). Faulkners great-grandfather, Colonel William C. Falkner had moved from Tennessee to the Mississippi Delta in 1841. The Colonel was a Civil War hero, grove owner, railroad builder, and even a writer (Larinde). Faulkners grandfather and father were both(prenomina l) respected, though not wealthy. They were also both alcoholics. Faulkner and his father never had a very good relationship. He and his mother, though, were very close. Maud gave him his love of art and literature. She influenced Faulkner more(prenominal) than anyone else with her strong independence (Zane 3-4). She may have been the inspiration for the strong, independent character, Emily Grierson. William Faulkner was a quiet but mischievous child, polite and rude, loving and withdrawn (4). He did well in grade school, but began showing signs of truancy during adolescence. Faulkner dropped forth of high school in eleventh grade. In 1918, Faulkner attempted to enlist in the U.S. Army but was turned down. He then utilise to the Royal Air Force where he adds the u to his last name. He was soon discharged and returned to Oxford, Mississippi. Here he attended the university for two year. In the decade that followed, Faulkner donned a host of other identities, alternately and arist ocrat, a bohemian, or a derelict (Zane 5). Faulkner established himself as a major novelist in 1929 with the book The Sound and the Fury (Larinde). He wrote twenty novels and many ill-considered stories (Zane 1). His greatest achievements were the Nobel Prize for literature in 1950, the National Book Award, and Pulitzer Prizes. solely of these awards came after he was fifty (7). Although Faulkner lived in Canada, New Orleans, New York, Hollywood, and Virginia, or so of his life was spent in his native Mississippi (Faulkner 177).