Emily the Strange

Emily Grierson was once a very rich woman, constantly having money under the wealthy father’s care. The two lived in a rather poor area, therefore making themselves seem much more shallow than they actually were. Although the community disliked her father very much, others often thought of her to be a “sweetheart.” The sad truth, however, was she would abuse her money regularly and constantly refused to properly pay her taxes, much like her father. One unfortunate day, Emily’s father passed from the world, leaving her with nothing more than a penny. Ever since that day passed, the community she lived in noticed her shining demeanor change. Her slim figure shifted to that of obesity and her hair was cut to mimic one of an angel on a stained…

As Emily is walking down the street she notices a figure in the middle of the road but can’t tell if it’s a person. The strange figure gets closer and closer. Emily starts to run. She looks back to see if the figure was getting any closer but it disappears out of the thin and crisp October air. She hears the leaves crumbling like as if someone was walking on them, Emily looks around anxiously and yells out “anybody there? there was no answer... Emily cautiously continues walking on her street.…

In the short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, Emily, the protagonist, life changed completely after her father’s death. Emily is forced to enter a completely different lifestyle, one where she finds difficulty adapting to thus, isolating herself from the townspeople. Furthermore, Emily appears to be a troubled woman who is in a great of denial and living in a world where she feels trapped while desperately searching for love. Therefore, let us examine her denial with reality, her…

Her Death “We saw a long strand of iron-gray hair” In the short story titled A Rose for Emily written by William Faulkner Miss Emily’s hair plays a specific role in her death. As Emily grows old she is faced with more challenges which in the end makes her hair turn color and loose it’s originality. Because of this the readers can assume that her hair is symbolic to her death. As she comes closer to her death, she becomes known for her hair which is the last thing the narrator describes…

to understand the order. In both the story and the short film there are some similarities. Beginning with the short film, you see the end, Emily is dead at the morgue being drained, and the story goes on to how it all started, Emily and her father known as the Grierson family placed themselves too highly, and Emily’s father thought no young man is good enough for his daughter. As for the story, in the beginning we also know Emily has died and the writer begins…

something to hide under. But she never knew whether the monster was in that room or not. “Will you get up already?” Emily’s sister Molly shouted. Emily sprung out from her covers struggling as as it seemed she grabbed them for shelter in the middle of the night. Emily sat there for minutes trying to figure out why this dream keeps on resurfacing. She trudged out of bed and did the same old routine. Get dressed, eat, brush hair and then brush teeth. Once at school, she went through the same…

For one, she lived alone with Toby her manservant and combination of a chef and gardener. Emily herself goes through very traumatic and life changing events. For one she grew up in a house where she had no freedom and was abused by her father. A man who had a tight control on her and her life. A man who never lets Emily leave the house on her own. He might have been experiencing fear of sharing her with the rest of the world, but ultimately this lead to her isolation. She also couldn’t be left…

Throughout the span of this course we have read a wide variety of stories, many of them containing the theme of love. Love is feeling a deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone. Everybody knows what it is like to love someone if it being a family member, a significant other, yourself, or even a pet. With most of the stories there were more than one instance where love was presented. There are so many ways to think about a situation and more times than not you can rule there is a certain…

isolation I talked about “A Rose for Emily”, “”Trifles”, and “The Facebook Sonnet” because they…

After Junior’s Grandmother dies they hold a nice funeral for her. The entire community from the rez and other reservations were there to pay their respects to Grandmother because she was such a loved person. The funeral was sad but in the end everyone was laughing and crying. Unfortunately there are many deaths on the reservation. When someone dies the entire community comes together. With loss there is always something to gain. When Junior’s Grandmother dies, her death brings the community…