“A Rose for Emily” In the town of Jefferson, Louisiana, Miss Emily Grierson grew up as the only child of an upper classman. Her father sheltered her from the outside world. Leaving her a pauper and alone when he died, because she didn’t know of the outside. So the townspeople of Jefferson felt that was going to be crazy as it ran in her family. William Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily”, the townspeople knew that after her father passed, they were creating an empathic character of Miss Emily.
Miss Emily was considered to be a fallen monument when she started dating Homer Barron. Some of the townspeople thought that a relationship was good for her being that her father passed and she was alone. There were also some townspeople that …show more content…
They felt that it was their duty to take care of her because of what her father had done for the town. The townspeople knew that Miss Emily couldn’t pay her taxes because she didn’t work and wasn’t inhered any money. They felt that it was the right thing to do. The taxes weren’t the only thing that town felt was their duty. After the ladies of Jefferson started realizing that Homer wasn’t the ideal man for her; they felt that it was their duty to approach her about him. “The men did not want to interfere, but at last the ladies forced the Baptist minster –Miss Emily’s people were Episcopal –to call upon her. He would never divulge what happened during that interview, but he refused to go back again” (Faulkner 221). After the ladies realized that that approach didn’t they decide that it was best to call her blood-kin from Alabama to let them know what was happening. Then after the blood-kin arrived the ladies were waiting for the changes to happen. They started noticing small things like she would buy wedding items as if there were going to get married. In “A Rose for Emily”, the townspeople was showing sympathy for a lonely woman who had loss close and dear relative. They were considering her to be a fallen monument, tradition and a duty. The town felt that she was an obligation to them due the fact that she had no one else. So the town took in the cares of Miss Emily
Miss Emily was considered to be a fallen monument when she started dating Homer Barron. Some of the townspeople thought that a relationship was good for her being that her father passed and she was alone. There were also some townspeople that …show more content…
They felt that it was their duty to take care of her because of what her father had done for the town. The townspeople knew that Miss Emily couldn’t pay her taxes because she didn’t work and wasn’t inhered any money. They felt that it was the right thing to do. The taxes weren’t the only thing that town felt was their duty. After the ladies of Jefferson started realizing that Homer wasn’t the ideal man for her; they felt that it was their duty to approach her about him. “The men did not want to interfere, but at last the ladies forced the Baptist minster –Miss Emily’s people were Episcopal –to call upon her. He would never divulge what happened during that interview, but he refused to go back again” (Faulkner 221). After the ladies realized that that approach didn’t they decide that it was best to call her blood-kin from Alabama to let them know what was happening. Then after the blood-kin arrived the ladies were waiting for the changes to happen. They started noticing small things like she would buy wedding items as if there were going to get married. In “A Rose for Emily”, the townspeople was showing sympathy for a lonely woman who had loss close and dear relative. They were considering her to be a fallen monument, tradition and a duty. The town felt that she was an obligation to them due the fact that she had no one else. So the town took in the cares of Miss Emily