A Rose For Emily

            
             In William Faulkner's "A Rose For Emily" the story, narrated by an anonymous member of the community, begins at Emily's funeral. Then the story flashes back to many years prior to Emily's death, a time when she lived with her father and was in love with a Northern man. Throughout the story, the townspeople talk about Emily and her unusual nature. She locks herself in her house, which remains the same in appearance her entire life. She rarely takes any trips into town. When she finally does make an arrival in town, she makes a strange purchase at the local pharmacy. When she eventually dies, the townspeople enter her house for the first time in ten years only to discover something horrific.
             After being the only man in her life, Emily's father dies and she finds it hard to let go. "Miss Emily met them at the door, dressed as usual and with no trace of grief on her face,"(27). She told them that her father was not dead"(27). .
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             While growing up, Emily was raised in a comfortable environment because her father possessed a lot of money. Emily had everything a child could want. This caused Emily to be very spoiled and selfish and she never knew the value of a dollar until her father left her with nothing but a run down home that started to decay after a period of time. She began to ignore the surrounding decay of the house and her appearance. Her life, like the decaying house suffered from a lack of genuine love and care. Her physical appearance is brought about by years of neglect. As time went on pieces from Emily started to drift away and also the home that she confined herself to. That was when people had begun to feel really sorry for her. People in our town, as told by an anonymous member of the community, believed that the Griersons held themselves a little too high for what they really were. "When her father died, it got about that the house was all that was left to her; and in a way, people were glad.