Books and stories seem to go in more depth than films, they require reader participation and also provide more deliverable information. The films are shorter and summarize major plot points, require less audience participation, and lack the depth of the books. Movies are better when it comes to special effects, fight scenes, landscape visuals and other things like that. However, the books are much better in terms of storytelling, plot development, and character development. I think it's harder to get popular fiction from print to cinema. Since ultimately it is fiction when transferred to film, whoever writes or directs the film can bring their own twists to 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 rise every time a popular story is brought to film. They expect that the image they have in vision when they read the story will be translated into a film, otherwise it will not be well received by fans. The main objective 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 disturbing story of a young woman spoiled by her father that ends with her afraid of being alone forever. Emily's father found that no man was good enough for his daughter and kept her single until she was in her thirties. At that time, it was very unusual for a woman to be single in her thirties. The story's setting 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 her image of the story. From an opulent young woman to an emotionally distraught woman, then finally to a lonely and eccentric old woman. The character of Homer Barron was also well played. In the movie, he was the strong gentleman his character was in the story. The way he handled homosexual involvement in the film was in perfect agreement with the news. The film's storyline is essentially a short 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 southern gothic elements that add to the story elements. In the movie, there wasn't a big scene dealing with his tax issues. The board members never came to visit him about taxes. In the film, we don't really go into detail about Emily's refusal to pay taxes..