Books and short stories seem to go deeper than movies, require reader participation, and also allow for more information to be provided. Movies are shorter and summarize the main plot points, require less participation from the audience, and don't have the depth that books have. Movies are better when it comes to special effects, fight scenes, scenery visuals and other such things. However, the books are much better with narration, letting the plot unfold and character develop. I think popular fiction is harder to transfer from print to film. Since ultimately, it's fiction when it transitions to film, whoever is writing or directing the film can put their own twists on the story from their own perspective. This is the main reason why most fans of the print version of the stories don't like the film versions. Audience expectations undoubtedly increase every time a popular story is translated into a film. They expect the image they see when they read the story to be translated into a film, otherwise it will not be well received by fans. The main focus is to examine the short story “A Rose for Emily” and its short film adaptation. William Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily," is the haunting story of a young woman ruined by her father who ends up with her afraid of being alone forever. Emily's father discovered that no male was good enough for his daughter and kept her single until she was thirty. At that time it was very unusual for a woman to be single in her thirties. The setting of the story is in the South in the 1930s. Her father dies leaving her with a house, a servant and a lonely heart. When her father dies C...... middle of paper ......ss Emily reproduced his image from the story. From an opulent young woman, to an emotionally distraught woman, and finally to a lonely and eccentric old woman. The character of Homer Barron was also played well. In the movie he was the strong gentleman that his character was in the story. The way he mastered the homosexual implications in the film was perfect with the narrative. The film's screenplay is basically the story. The introductory narration is the first thing you hear in the film and the first thing you read in the story. The film seems to have left out the emphasis on the Southern Gothic elements that add to the story elements. There was no major scene in the film dealing with his tax problems. Council members never came to see her about taxes. The film doesn't go into much detail about Emily's refusal to pay her taxes.