"Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care;"
A disturbing story to say the least, this fits in perfectly with Halloween today. Faulkner cleverly distorted the chronological order of the story in order to create suspense for the reader. Had he simply gone in order, the reader would not have been on edge near as much. In fact, the story's tone would not have been eerie and mysterious. Part of the surprise in the last paragraph stems from the fact that we discover the corpse of Homer as the people of the town do. Faulkner effectively puts the climax of the story at the very end, in the last paragraph. In fact, I found myself turning the page, expecting more, and being disappointed to find that the story was over. No linear story could have created such a tone in a single suspenseful and revealing paragraph.
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