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1、BookReviewofARoseforEmily--TheConflictsbetweenOldandNewARoseforEmilyisamasterpiecewrittenbyWilliamFaulknerwithsortofGothicstyle.Thisshortstoryistooabundanttopenetratecompletely.Therefore,Iwouldlikechooseaperspective—theconflictsbetweenoldandnewtodiscussabout.Cha
2、ngeisanaturalruleassameaslifeanddeath.While,atthebeginningofthenewthingemerging,theoldgenerationalwaysdefensestheancienttraditionwithtotalefforts.Inthisshortstory,EmilyisasymbolofoldtraditionsofSouth.Shestickstoherfamilyhonorandturnsdowneverythingfresh.Wecanseet
3、hatfromthesetypicalconflictsIselectbelow.Thefirstconflict—taxaffairwasappearedinpara.5.Atthefirstsentence“whenthenextgeneration,withitsmoremodernideas…thisarrangementcreatedsomelittledissatisfaction.”Thenewgenerationcan’tpermitEmilytobefreefromtaxes.Theyinvokedt
4、hechallenge,“theymailedheratax”,whiletheoldfoughtback—“andtherewasnoreply”.Inthefiresround,thenewgenerationgotadisappointment.Theninpara.6,thesecondroundstarted.Thegovernmentsetupaspecialmeetingtosavetheirfirstfailure.Finally,theydecidedtodispatchadeputationtope
5、rsuadeEmilyfacetoface.“Knockedatthedoorthroughwhichnovisitorshadpassedsinceeightortenyearsearlier”illuminatesthatthehostessofthishouseeludesthehistoricrevolution.ItwastheoldNegronotEmilyherselfwhohandledtheirreception.Next,thedescriptionofEmily’shousemakespeople
6、feelcreep.“Itsmelledofdustanddisuse”“Itwasfurnishedinheavy,leather-coveredfurniture”“theleatherwascracked”etc.Especially,aprofound“stood”inthelastsentencewhenpicturingthecrayonportraitofEmily’sfatherillustratesthattheoldthoughtswerestillalive.Para.7hasthefirstap
7、pearanceofEmily.“Theyrosewhensheentered.”They“rose”maybeoutoftheirrespecttotheoldculturalEmilystoodfor,ormaybebecausetheyweresurprisedbyEmily’sappearance.“asmall,fatwomaninblack”“athingoldchaindescendingtoherwaistandvanishingintoherbelt”showsthatshehatedchanging
8、.“Shelookedbloated,likeabodylongsubmergedinmotionlesswater”Thismagicalsketchmakespeople’shairstandontheend.Theoldthoughtsweredegradingbuttheoldwarriordidn’tvanish.Par
