Differentiations between A Rose for Emily and A Good Man Is Hard to Find The past assumes a huge job in William Faulkner's A Rose for Emily, just as in Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard to Find. Both short stories include ladies who raise – and once in a while center around – the past and how the world used to be. Nonetheless, the utilization of referencing past occasions and how these ladies change are altogether different, in real life and execution. Emily Grierson, from Faulkner's A Rose for Emily, needed to carry on with her life previously. Notwithstanding, the grandmother, from O'Connor's story A Good Man Is Hard to Find, just implies minutes from her past that are superior to her present circumstance. The past and change have a connection, and these two stories demonstrate so. The accompanying showcases of the past genuinely change these ladies, more for the more terrible than the better.