The Curiositiy and Views of the Outside Community
...Emily Grierson finds herself becoming crazy and ignorant as time passes because the death of her father, whom she loved dearly. Her unusual actions, as seen by the community, add interest to the story. For example, Miss Emily isolates herself from the community by staying locked in her home all day. It is evident that Miss Emily has regressed because she keeps a dirty house, which contains dusty furniture, she poisons her boyfriend, Homer Barron, and she refuses to let the town put her mailbox up so she can receive free postal service. The third person point of view plays an important role because the audience can clearly see that this is not normal in her town, because the people of the town speak of her weird ways. Miss Emily’s point of view would not have been very helpful in the content of the story because of her regressed mind. The pronoun usage in the story reveals that the narrator is part of the town, so he actually can provide the audience with accurate and relevant info about Miss Emily, but he never actually takes part in the actions of the story. The narrator is able to give readers very detailed descriptions within the story. For example in the first sentence, “When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral”….., we see immediately notice that he is part of the community. The fact that he is part of the town shows the audience how the outside community viewed Miss Emily as an individual. If Miss Emily would have told the story from her point of view then she would not have some of her unusual ways displayed, such as buying Homer Barron an engraved toilet set and outfits even though she planned to kill him shortly after. Surely Miss Emily would have told this information because this is normal to her, but the third person narrator identifies the abnormal personality which Miss Emily has. Also in the story Miss Emily Griers...