Account for the use of the pronun "we" by the narrator in "A Rose for Emily".

In "A Rose for Emily," the pronoun "we" refers to Miss
Emily's neighbors.  I believe they are people who have lived their lives in the same
town and have become accustomed to Miss Emily's idiosyncrasies.  Those who lived before
and remember her father, family and early history provide information that members of
contemporary society would not have been alive or old enough to
witness.

The "we" that speaks is a part of the culture in
which the present day story takes place.  Because Miss Emily's neighbors are used to
life in the South, some of the things they mention would not raise
their eyebrows, but simply provide background that is steeped in
seemingly trustworthy observations which outsiders could not notice or
appreciate.

Eventually, these same casual observations
provide information that cause the reader to ask
the important questions and draw the
essential conclusions at which Faulkner hopes the reader will finally arrive--so that
the story's classically shocking twist will not be lost or overlooked but, instead,
cause the reader to pause in alarm, with a sickeningly sweet horror that repels
and arrests our attention at the same time.  The final sentence
leaves us to deal with the truth of the moment, where all of the clues leading to this
instant gain brilliant clarity and chilling purpose.