“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner begins with an explanation of who went to Emily Grierson’s funeral and their motives behind it. The men and women who attended saw her as a “fallen monument” and were also curious to see her house, so it is assumed that she did not have any close friends or family. Throughout the text it is shown that Emily suffers from a fear of change and abandonment and that is why she does not keep anyone around except for her manservant. Emily is so terrified of change and in denial of her father’s death to the point where she does not bury her father for three days. It took ministers and doctors almost resorting to force for her to finally accept her father’s death and lay him to rest. It goes to show how far she
