Response to two colleagues' posts.

In Jahai's post, she believed that, "In the story "A rose for Emily"  by William Faulkner, Miss Emily had a negro slave named Tobe. It may be possible that William Faulkner himself and his family owned slaves because William Faulkner grew up in the southern state of Mississippi", but I believe that there is something about the author more complex then that. I think Jahai should have done a bit more research of the author to really get into the root of why he wrote "A rose for Emily". It would be nice to know why, from his background, his own experience, or just anything that sparked in his mine to think of this story?
On the other hand, Monica actually did some research on her other but I really didn't see the actual connection linked to the story she choose, nor did she mention the story she choose, but she mentioned it in another blog. Monica said, "I understand now that she always wanted to be a writer and the story she wrote about has a lot to do with her life". I wonder what apart of her life had to deal with "A Sorrowful Women". Was it that she did all the actions that the main character did in the story, was it a friend that did it, or was it just something she thought about randomly? These are questions that could have been incorporated to merge both the author and the story together.