Faulkner's 'A Rose For Emily'

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"A Rose for Emily", has too much detailed information about Emily's life and all the information about her is not very useful or it misleads readers to what the main secret in the story really is. I believe she is not as important as the main character who should have been addressed more and whom the story should have ended with, Tobe. I believe this story has a poor ending, in which the town's people go into Emily's house and they find that Emily killed Homer and she slept with his dead body. The ending is shocking, but before that Faulkner mentions that Tobe walks away and is never seen again. The ending isn't the best in this story. The main character, Tobe who knew all of Emily's secrets does not come out and say that he knew it all or

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