In the short story "A Rose for Emily" written by author William Faulkner, we are introduced to quite the character; Miss Emily Grierson. A bit self-centered and mysterious, Emily Grierson was not despised by the people in her hometown, but was certainly not admired either. Not to blame the Southern community for their curiosity in what Miss Emily was all about, with her odd behavior and bizarre ways. Anyone would be intrigued by the irregular conduct that a young woman like Miss Emily presented. Despite her upper social class, Miss Emily Grierson was a young woman who lived in isolation. Emily Grierson became almost concerning to her town and was pitied by the majority of the community. Similarly the town was much like Miss Emily, it was a love-hate relationship where even they contradicted themselves, one day the townspeople wanted her married and happy, the next day they were hoping Miss Emily would poison herself with arsenic. "So the next day we all said, "She will kill herself"; and we said it would be the best thing" (Faulkner 37). As much as
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He was different just like Miss Emily Grierson, he was an outsider and a norhterner for that matter. Homer was obviously different, he liked hanging out with the young men from the town and was not considered to be the marrying type (Faulkner 37). The town was in hopes that Miss Emily would remeber her social standing, but at the same time where hoping something serious would happen between her and Homer. Despite the town looking over Miss Emily it was undeniable that they really could care less what happened to her. Even after her father 's passing it was not until three days later that they finally sent out to have his body recovered, also when she became ill it was just noted that she had not been seing, but there was never any effort to check on her
He was different just like Miss Emily Grierson, he was an outsider and a norhterner for that matter. Homer was obviously different, he liked hanging out with the young men from the town and was not considered to be the marrying type (Faulkner 37). The town was in hopes that Miss Emily would remeber her social standing, but at the same time where hoping something serious would happen between her and Homer. Despite the town looking over Miss Emily it was undeniable that they really could care less what happened to her. Even after her father 's passing it was not until three days later that they finally sent out to have his body recovered, also when she became ill it was just noted that she had not been seing, but there was never any effort to check on her