SSRJ#1: Faulkner

• This story made me feel curious. It started out with Miss Emily's death and went into explaining Miss Emily's past when she was alive. This drew me in to want to discover who this Miss Emily is. The element that stood out the most to me was the ending, when they discover the body. It was a huge surprise especially with huge evidence that she had lain beside it. Even the element in between the beginning and the end, still encouraged me to read. Elements such as the details mention about the older confederate soldiers gave a feel of a place with history. The only similar situation in my life are the old mysterious lady that once lived next door by us a few years back. i remember only seeing her when she went to get the mail, but always in her house...
• The setting of the story seemed to bring a huge amount of descriptive elements of the house as well as how it takes place in the south. The authors describes the house inside using "shadows" or "dark" kinda gives me a feeling of an eerie setting as well as a stronger curiosity to who Emily is. I think the author must knew that he was drawing the reader in with a sense of  wonder. It was the house and the curiosity of the people around town of the smell that came from the house, that added the more burning desire to know what was in that house, or further more, what kind of a person is Emily?
• If  the "husband" Homer Barron went missing and was not seen for years, why didn't anybody get worried about him(relatives, family)? They could have had further investigation and gotten a search warrant. Then the old Confederate soldiers can bust in her house with their confederate flags and muskets as a SWAT team and find out what was going on sooner.

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