Whenever I May Find Her

One of the great things about soccer is that it is not a school-sanctioned sport. To me this said that I could play another season of soccer with my friends from Socastee and Waccamaw without the normal High School rivalry between these schools. Year after year, the schools pulled pranks on each other, sometimes nothing big, but sometimes something big. I remember my freshman year, when a few guys I knew went over to Socastee and painted their skylight in their commons. When the sun shined into…

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 isolation, and her journey of searching for love. After her father's death, Emily…

mention Alaska,” I told myself on my first day of fifth grade at Middletown Elementary. “People go crazy over it.” It was my first time moving in between school years and being young and gullible, I was excited for school. At the time I never realized how few go to Alaska, so I was confused every time the spotlight shined on me when I uttered that state. But I never did shy from it. I adored it. But no, I did not live in an igloo or ever met a penguin that wasn’t in a zoo. “I am gonna…

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…

Old Dixie’s last true daughter. Her family, once wealthy and proud, is now gone and all that remains is a house, a decaying monument to the former stature of the Griersons. The town of Jefferson treats her as a tradition, and while there may be rumors among the townspeople, there is a pervasive feeling of uneasiness in how they relate to Emily. The narrator seems to hold a certain respect for Emily that is possibly borne out of this uneasiness, or perhaps fear of her. At the end of Emily’s life,…

from her husband to find an identity and control her life. In contrast, Emily in "A Rose for Emily” longs for freedom to find love and take control of her own relationships. Thus, both "The Story of an Hour" and "A Rose for Emily," use symbols and…

A Rose for Emily, the main character Emily Grierson lives her entire life and style the exact same way from the beginning of it to the end. The story alternates through different eras of time spanning between forty years and despite the settings of it changing, Emily’s way of life never changes one bit. She sticks to her roots at all times, not once venturing…

neighborhood, the one constant in an ever changing world. Her character serves as an idol of sorts, the physical embodiment of everything the community once stood for, and now has lost. The story opens on her funeral, thereby beginning where we end, and continues to illustrate the woman that is Emily Grierson. Miss Emily’s character is revealed through the eyes of the townspeople, and in the end we realize the townspeople hardly knew her at all. Throughout the course of the story Emily never…

some readers might say that Emily Grierson, the main character of “A Rose for Emily” was in control of her life, and she led herself through what made her feel happy, she was actually a terrifying person who lived a violent life herself. Emily Grierson was one of the Southern town’s old women who received respect from the townspeople, which explains that she was one of the well to do families in her town “Jefferson.” Southern women are friendly, welcoming, and they usually neatly decorate their…

and barren lady stuck voluntarily portion. Her controlling father kicked the basin precisely thirty years back and she has never completely found her own ground. Her home has transformed into the most appalling looking home on the once most select street in the city. In advance stunning and white with looked over shades, it was in the blink of an eye encroached with dust and decay. The overall public in Miss Emily 's city snitch about her and empathy her lost soul. She soon begins dating a young…