Although Emily, from William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" and Abner, from "Barn Burning" have some differences, they also have a lot in common. Emily and Abner are on totally different sides of society economically. Abner and Emily both have very little respect for others and are capable of harming others. Both of them struggle with pride and think the deserve more.

Miss Emily and Abner are on different ends of the social ladder. This is the biggest difference between them. Emily is on the wealthy end of the ladder. She lives in a big house and owns property. "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, set on what had once been our most select street" (Faulkner 87). Abner on the other hand, is a sharecropper and is very poor with no house or land. Abner probably isn't even on the ladder at all. Another difference between them is in family. Abner has children and a wife. Emily doesn't have a family. For the most part she is alone.

Miss Emily is rude and inconsiderate of others. When

2. document stating her information, she was enraged and kicked them out of the house. Every time the town officials came back, she wouldn't even answer the door.

Miss Emily and Abner are very much alike in their attitudes and outlook on life, yet they are so different in that they live in totally different living conditions. They don't respect other people and think they are above others and the don't have to answer to anyone else but themselves. They are two very violent individuals and if they were ever placed together they would probably kill each other or Emily's house would burn down. Miss Emily and Abner are on totally different levels of the social ladder, yet they are so alike.

clean it and return it the way it was originally. Abner's daughters started cleaning it, but when it was about clean, Abner did something unthinkable. "He saw his father turn, and he fell to with the axe and saw from the corner of his eye his father raise from the ground a flattish fragment of field stone and examine it and return to the pot" (Faulkner 233). Abner scraped the rock all over the rug, which was now unrepairable. Abner's pride has the best of him, he can't even humble himself to do anything. Abner delivers the rug back to the house and just throws it on the ground. Abner is then told he has to replace the rug by giving them twenty bushels of corn that Abner has to harvest. Abner refuses to pay for anything. Abner was very rude to the homeowner just like Emily was to the druggist. Abner eventually ended up burning down Major de Spain's barn.

the new mayor of the town wrote Miss Emily a letter asking her to call the town office, she didn't even reply. Miss Emily just ignored the letter because she thought she was too good to pay. Since Miss Emily wouldn't respond to the letter, the mayor sent some of his office

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