What are some thesis statements for A Rose for Emily?  Asked on
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#1)  In order to write good literary thesis statements, you need
to consider two things: what choices does an author make, and
how do those choices contribute to the meaning of the work. 
Choices worth consideration in this novel include: the stream-
of-consciousness narrator, by a third person narrator, who is of
a younger generation of townspeople in comparison to Miss Emily;
the five section structural divisions; the symbolism of things
such as the house, her watch, and the sidewalks and house
numbers, characterization of Miss Emily, her father, and Homer;
the title of the story; selection of detail; and other
figurative language.  Next you need to consider Faulkner's
themes.  The story is about love and unrequited love, decay and
death, murder, the generation gap, the history of the South,
loneliness and isolation.  In order to write the thesis
statement you need to think about w