father. He notifies the landlord of the fire, and runs away from his family. “He [Sarty] did not look back” (“Barn Burning“, 493). He does not want to let his father controlling him anymore. He wants to start his own life. Both the stories present major ideas through symbolism. Faulkner uses particular objects to link the tales with his metaphorical meaning. “A Rose for Emily” does not explicitly involve a rose. Faulkner notes the rose only twice, in the title and the third paragraph from the last, this room decked and furnished as for a bridal: “upon the valance curtains of faded rose color, upon the rose-shaded lights” (“A Rose for Emily“, 78). But the significant symbolic meaning of the rose strongly affects the reader’s perception of Miss Emily. It stirs the readers to sympathize with Miss Emily. Rose stands for true love, expectation and the most resplendent period of life. Miss Emily adorns her room as a bridal chamber in rose color, representing a woman who yearns for true love and dreams of a fairyland where she and her beloved can stay together forever. For years, Miss Emily’s father drove away all the young men who want to date with her. Her father thwarted her to experiencing love. In her dreary existence, Homer Barron is the only bright spot, one “rose“. Like a wilted rose, she keeps his body, forever. It reminds her of the joy she once had in her otherwise empty life. Although Miss Emily is stubborn and eccentric, she is a pitiful woman who needs more attention and love.In “Barn Burning”, Faulkner uses Major de Spain’s house to symbolize Sarty’s ambition. Sarty migrates to the house: He saw the house for the first time and at that instant he forgot his father and the terror and despair both, and even when he remembered his father again (who had not stopped) the terror and despair did not return...
