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Before we begin, you might want to check out our discussion of the town's "Setting." If you get confused about when a given event is happening, our chronology should help clear things up.
We should also note that the narrator of this story is a little odd—although not nearly as odd as Emily herself. Our narrator often refers to itself as "we," and seems to represent several generations of townspeople, both male and female, in Jefferson, Louisiana (see "Setting" for more on this). So, during the summary we might refer to the narrator as "the narrator," "the town," "the townspeople."
Now for the summary: