I have to write a one-two page analysis of John Updike's " A Rose for Miss Emily". 

Here are questions to think about:  Where is the story set?  In what historical period?   How does the setting make a difference to our understanding to Miss Emily's situation.   

What class does Miss Emily belong to?  How does that influence her life choices/situation.

INCLUDE at least four of these vocabulary words in the essay. 

Base– The methods of production in a given society.

Commodification– The attitude of valuing things not for their utility but for their power to impress others or for their resale possibilities.

Exchange Value– An assessment of the worth of something based on what it can be traded or sold for.

False Consciousness– People’s acceptance of an unfavorable social system without protest or questioning, that is, as the logical way for things to be.

Historical Situation – The ideological atmosphere generated by material circumstances. To understand social events, one must have a grasp of the material circumstances and the historical situation in which they occur.

Ideology– A belief system.

Interpellation– A term used by Louis Althusser to refer to the process by which the working class is manipulated to accept the ideology of the dominant one.