In the story “A Rose for Emily”, Emily allowed her father to have total control of her life which ended up determining the course of her life. She was a well-respected person in her town to a certain extent. Emily knew when her father passed away there was no hope of her reviving her life to get back all the moments she missed because of him. Faulkner presented clear evidence on why Emily shouldn’t have allowed her father to corrupt her life in such a way, because it only brought upon pain, misery, and psychotic motives. Emily’s downfall began when she was not allowed to date any men, because her father felt like no one would ever be good enough for her. Her father is labeled as selfish and inconsiderate, because he wanted all her attention
