Discuss how Faulkner's treatment of the North and the South contributes to the meaning of the story "A Rose for Emily"?

Being a native Mississippian, author William Faulkner is
sympathetic to the attitudes and culture of the Deep South. Virtually anyone who is not
from Jefferson (or Mississippi) is considered an outsider--from Homer Barron to Miss
Emily's relatives, who hail from Alabama. The townspeople of Jefferson seem to have a
general mistrust of these characters, though Homer is generally described in a positive
light. Homer represents the modern era: He has come to Jefferson to oversee the
construction of new sidewalks in town. Miss Emily's relatives represent the common sense
side that Emily is not perceived to possess. Homer particularly symbolizes the common
people outside the realm of the ante-bellum Southern aristocracy and, despite his
winning personality, he represents the encroachment of the modern world. He is a modern
day carpetbagger who comes to earn a living in the defeated South not that far removed
from the memories of the Civil War. When Emily is rejected by this man--perhaps her last
chance at romance and marriage--it is yet another defeat for Emily, who represents the
last vestiges of the Old South.