“Literature Paper” In the article, “A rose or Emily” by William Faulkner the story is based off of a time period during discrimination and segregation. The woman in the story Emily Grierson battles with having a judgmental past due to having a judgmental father and racist ex-lover. Before the passing of both her father and ex Emily’s life was shaped to the way that they wanted her to live, including the town. The town folks are very observant of her family’s life and want to know almost everything that goes on with them. The pressure that Emily faced years before has a major impact on the way she handles future relationships. Emily’s father would not allow men o have any access to his daughter when he was alive. There was absolutely no young
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Years later she and a black man named Homer were spotted being together often. The two spent many years together and no one could believe that for once Miss Emily had been with someone else. No one had any idea whether she was dating or getting married to him which I believe would not hurt them not to know her business anymore. The town having too much exposure to her relationship would most likely only hinder it. I feel bad for Miss Emily and her father’s relationship because it is partially his fault for allowing their family to keep a certain image that she was expected to live up to. The image that the town had of Miss Emily made them want to stay involved and caused her to be very protective and isolated from everything. Everyone was extremely judgmental and paid too much attention to her every move so I could personally understand her reasoning for staying to herself. For example, the town people said they had not seen her or homer or years unless it was in the market. I do not blame the two because exposure gets exhausting especially if people around you don’t have any good intentions. I can see Miss Emily being tired of all that was behind her, she had finally moved on and started living for herself. She found real love and could be about him, she could love him for him. Homer actually took care of her from his
Years later she and a black man named Homer were spotted being together often. The two spent many years together and no one could believe that for once Miss Emily had been with someone else. No one had any idea whether she was dating or getting married to him which I believe would not hurt them not to know her business anymore. The town having too much exposure to her relationship would most likely only hinder it. I feel bad for Miss Emily and her father’s relationship because it is partially his fault for allowing their family to keep a certain image that she was expected to live up to. The image that the town had of Miss Emily made them want to stay involved and caused her to be very protective and isolated from everything. Everyone was extremely judgmental and paid too much attention to her every move so I could personally understand her reasoning for staying to herself. For example, the town people said they had not seen her or homer or years unless it was in the market. I do not blame the two because exposure gets exhausting especially if people around you don’t have any good intentions. I can see Miss Emily being tired of all that was behind her, she had finally moved on and started living for herself. She found real love and could be about him, she could love him for him. Homer actually took care of her from his