When a story is told from the first-person point of view, it is the most important decision a writer makes because it determines which story will be told. In first-person view the author's voice disappears in one of the characters. It only gives the reader access to the narrator's perspective of the events, characters, and plot. First-person narrative includes the reader in the story, which makes the reader feel like they are personally experiencing and seeing everything. While Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" and Poe's "A Tell-Tale Heart" both follow first-person point of view, the authors have different effects in their stories. "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner uses the first-person point of view seen in the story. The story portrays Emily's life, which is told through the eyes of the townspeople. The citizens' point of view is limited because they do not know the real events that happened while the story tells the view from what others say about Emily, it does not judge her. It sends it back to the reader Despite his downfall, Faulkner makes it possible...