Q: How do you feel about the ending of Faulkner’s short story? Did it surprise you, or was there evidence all along, building to the conclusion?
A: Honestly, I am not sure what I expected to be at the end of this short story. I actually expected her to die from the beginning, so I really was not surprised by the events in this story. We learn that she is growing old in her house, that her father dies, and she loses love. We also learn that she does not leave her home nor speak to anyone outside of her house... It is assumed that she does not even speak to her servant who runs her errands. The fact that she has gone through so much, like death and the loss of love, but also the fact that we are told at the beginning that the whole town had gone to her funeral, it was kind of hard to be surprised that she died from a "sickness". This sickness possibly being a metaphor for a broken heart; it being broken by Homer and her father who drove away men. So all in all, I was not surprised by the events of this story as I felt there was evidence throughout the story that led to the conclusion.
*Apparently I misinterpreted how the end happened and that it just wasn't about her death.
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