Changing "A Rose For Emily"

    If “A Rose For Emily,” by William Faulkner was changed from plural first person point of view to singular first person point of view and was narrated by Tobe, the story would change drastically. In the point of view it is in now, the main character, Miss Emily, is extremely ominous and mysterious. If we had a singular point of view from someone such as Tobe, the character development of Miss Emily would be much greater. Since he is such an inside source to her, we would learn more about Emily, and also a lot more about Tobe, who is barely spoken about in the original version.
    It would be interesting to see this short story written in a different way where we could get both the thoughts of the rest of the town, as we do in the original, and if we got the close and personal thoughts of Tobe. From this point of view, the story would seem in a way creepier. It already has a sort of haunted, uncomfortable theme and if we were to change the point of view so we could understand more the personal aspects of what is going on with Miss Emily, it would only become more uncomfortable. She is so quiet and mysterious I feel that there is nothing, even from Tobe’s point of view, that we could learn about why Miss Emily is the way she is. From his point of view we could only learn more of her background and more of what she does when she “disappears.”