The Importance of Traditions in A Rose For Emily and The Boat

The loss of tradition is a sub theme in both short stories, A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner and The Boat by Alistair Macleod. In the former, the loss of tradition is seen by Miss Emily losing her way of life in the old South. In the latter, the boat is the tradition for the story. The tradition is lost as outsiders come in and the daughters leave with the effeminate strangers and abandon the community and the cherished way of life of their mother. However, this tradition represented by Emily’s house and the boat gradually disappears in both stories. To be specific, first, the house that Emily lives in is the symbol of tradition for the story. The house in the story is still standing, but is surrounded by industrialization is a†¦show more content†¦Consequently the mother is left with no boat to attend to, metaphorically, she is lost just as tradition, and the boat is lost. Specifically, the daughters moving out and leaving the community is a symbol of the loss of tradition in that women stay home and run the house as the men run their boats. The women would have lunches ready for the men as they make their way down to the piers and set out for a day of fishing. In winter, the boat would still pay a pivotal role in the community as lobster traps are needed to be sown and mended. However, this tradition is lost since the daughters move out of the community with the outsiders that would come each summer. Even children start to ignore the boat for books and freedom from the hard life from the sea, which represents the final loss of the tradition in the community. Along the same line, in A Rose for Emily, the loss of tradition is demonstrated by the industrialization around the area of Emilys house in Yoknapatawpha County. The once prominent street has been displaced with cotton gins and garages have encroached and obliterated the once most selected streets. 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