A Rose For Emily
While the town of Jefferson is undergoing renewal, renovation, and moving into a more modern era, Miss Emily is tenaciously holding on to the past, refusing to go gently into the future. She is trapped in a time warp, unable to move forward, which puts her at odds with the town that is looking towards the future. This conflict can only be resolved in one way; Jefferson will move forward, not backward to an age gone by. Since Miss Emily can not bear to live in any world but that which her father had helped maintain, she eventually succumbs to the pressures of the town's leap into modernism. She does so, by committing murder and necrophilia in order to preserve her way of life. In "A Rose for Emily," Faulkner uses Miss Emily's childhood as a catalyst for her unwillingness to let go of the past, and cause conflict between her and the modern town. From the beginning Miss Emily was at odds with the entire town. Emily lived wit
h her father throughout her entire adolescent life, and was never exposed to the real world. Miss Emily's father selfishly kept her to himself, making it impossible for her to meet, let alone become friends with anyone in town. Miss Emily never experienced love with anyone but her father because he chased all of Miss Emily's suitors away from their house when they came calling. When her father died, she was at a loss for what to do. She had no idea how to take care of things, like paying bills, etc., so in order to make the transition smooth for Miss Emily, Colonial Satoris made Emily exempt from taxes. In this time that was the right, and gentlemanly thing to do, especially since she had just lost her father, and source of income. Many years later, the modern town of Jefferson could find no proper paper work excusing Miss Emily from taxes, and confronted her with this. With her lack of social skills, and lack of understan
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Approximate Word count = 628
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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