Creating suspense is often essential for a writer. Using suspense in a story makes the reader want to learn what may materialize in the end. When authors use suspense, they want the reader to be surprised, anxious, curious, and consumed by the time they reach the conclusion of a story. This is exactly what William Faulkner does in his short story “A Rose for Emily.” The point of view in which this story is written helps to keep the reader engaged. The narrator is someone from the outside looking in. If the story had been written from Emily's point of view, the foreshadowing technique Faulkner used would not have worked as well as it did. When an author foreshadows an event, it is only a way of creating suspense in the reader. Falkner's use of foreshadowing throughout the story makes the reader eager to know what exactly will happen at the climax. Faulkner entices the reader to continue the story by anticipating why Emily's death is such an important and exciting event for the townspeople. Faulkner begins his story with this statement: "When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men out of a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of his house, that no one except an old servant. . . I had seen for at least ten years” (128). This statement tells the reader that the story will tell of the death of Miss Emily. This also makes the reader wonder why men would consider her a “fallen monument” and women so curious to see the inside of her house (128). Many questions run through the reader's mind, and this is just the first line of the story. How did Miss Emily die? Why no one had come to her house for ten years... middle of paper ...... married again and Homer "had gone to prepare for Miss Emily's arrival", they still speculate about his life ( 132 ). Because of this curiosity, the reader wonders why she becomes a hermit and is hardly seen in public after Homer leaves. Faulkner reveals Miss Emily's little secret to the reader at the very end of the story, after the funeral and Miss Emily is gone and buried. Faulkner's use of suspense in this story was brilliantly done. This story keeps the reader in suspense throughout the story. The story told in non-chronological order and the use of foreshadowing maintained anticipation and was not overdone. The information the narrator gives the reader is just enough to entertain and entertain them at the same time. Faulkner makes the reader want to know more, which makes for a good story and a great writer..