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A House of Emily

 

            
             Emily's house was a place of safety in its darkest times, two of them being when her dad passed away and also the mysterious disappearance (death) of her significant other, Homer. .
             At the beginning of the story, the house was described as a place that could make anyone feel safe, "It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies" (Faulkner, 459). The way the house was described gave Emily a sense of warmth in the house, yet she was an asset to the town. People noticed when she did things, so to escape from that, her house was the perfect place. .
             At the time of her father's death, Emily carried on as if he was still alive. One would automatically think she was insane, or even out of her mind. People were glad that Emily's father was gone because the towners felt that Emily was free to be with anyone she desired and not have to deal with her father. She soon met Homer, a black construction worker. She actually cared for him, even grew to love him. Neighbors figured Emily would not want to be with a Northern. They would say, "Poor Emily." After a while, Emily kind of got a little tired of the remarks. The reader finds Emily buying rat poison (arsenic), but no one knows why until the end of the story. At the end of the story after Emily's funeral, someone finds a skeleton in a bedroom. One would obviously think it is Homer because he went into her house and never saw him come back. .
            


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