Entry #3 - "A Rose For Emily" By William Faulkner
Entry #3 - "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner
QUESTION #4
Find the paragraphs in which the narrator mainly mentions about Miss Emily’s father, and Miss Emily’s reaction towards her father’s death. Then examine the relationship between the daughter and the father?
The relationship between Miss Emily and her father is one that probably began with much love, but certainly continued with excessive protection on the father’s part, as Miss Emily grew older, ending in solitude and insanity for both. Nothing is mentioned about Mrs. Grierson, I assume she was not present in their lives, probably passed away when the Griersons were a young family, which make sense since there aren’t any siblings in the picture either.
In addition to the sense of horror many fathers feel when thinking about giving their daughters away in marriage to another man, and the fact that they only had each other, and the “Negro” manservant in life, is enough reason for me to justify the father’s reaction to any possible interest in her daughter, as protecting and holding on to loved ones is an innate quality many share.
What to some people around town might have seemed as a pompous act, arrogance or self-importance on Mr. Grierson’s part, I believe just as others in town did, was no more than a reflection of his fears after having lost whatever thing of financial value they owned, except the house; his desire to hold on to a family name which meant less and less as years passed, living in a town where most of the big, respected families were disappearing.
I attribute Miss Emily’s reaction to her father’s death to the very facts I have stated about her father’s reasons to push all her suitors away… the realization that NOW she was on her own, and her family name was not much to count on.
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Entry #10 - "Master Harold... and the boys" Athol Fugard
What is the historical setting of the play? What do you believe was the playwright’s intention in writing this play? Draw connections between the setting and circumstances surrounding this play and U.S. history.
The historical setting of this play is that of a country plagued by racism, servitude, and the dangerous relationship between the native people of any given country, and its colonizers. Although Athol Fugard’s “Master Harold… and the boys” is set to take place in the country of South Africa, his work addresses circumstances in the 1950’s also affecting many other regions of the world, from Egypt to India, South Africa to the United States in particular, where racial tension and segregation was as strong as ever at the time. Colonization in South Africa had incredible social impact in the community, marginalizing the local people, and establishing a segregation order which affected schools, neighborhoods, cities, all the way to Parliament where it was rear to find a person of color unless he/she was employed as a servant. As it was done in the United States soon after slavery was abolished, and during the 50’s as well, the powerful men who ruled the country, British is this case, found ways to continue exploiting the natives, yet still satisfying the international community’s concerns regarding the social issues which afflicted the South African population. This was done in many ways, one of which was providing employment opportunities to the native people as domestic servants. In the United States, people of African descent as we know, were treated in similar ways. Given work as domestic servants, caretakers, janitors, doormen, porters, and share croppers among other, African Americans faced strenuous working conditions and very low pay, which pushed them to leave in slums, and their children to be raised with the poorest education available. This created in both, U.S. and South Africa a second class of people who saw those in better position, whites in its majority with admiring eyes, and extreme respect.
I believe Fugard intended to expose the treatment his countrymen and many others throughout the world were experiencing at the hand their respective oppressors. Whether called servants or slaves, native South Africans were subject to the will of their employers, who as it could be noticed in this play, did not hesitate to make their authority felt. As in the United States were African American and other people of color were treated with demoralizing behavior, South African natives as indicated in this play, were treated as second class citizens in their own country. Subjects of this foreign authority, they did not stand up or revolt against the establishment any sooner, perhaps because of the financial ties that existed between them and their British employers and rulers. In extreme need for income, in a country with vast natural resources, yet living under high unemployment and illiteracy, native South Africans found themselves dependant of those who provided them with work and a salary to support their families. Many volunteered as soldiers during WWI and WWII, and many others became part of the domestic servitude which answered and waited upon the rich, consequently becoming second class citizens.
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