a rose for emily
and when he died Homer Barron was a treat that she was never allowed to have. He later died and left her and she was completely alone after that. After her fathers death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all. With this dilemma she isolates herself from civilization, using her butler, Tobe to run her errands. Miss Emily cannot except the fact that times are changing and society is growing.
Maybe Miss Emily is shy about her old fashioned beliefs. If no one was to observe her then no one could force her to change. Emily had been through much and has seen many generations grow before and around her. This brings reason to her strong Confederate beliefs. Miss Emily refused to allow modern change into her depressed life. For example when she refused to let the newer generation fasten metal numbers above her door and attach a mailbox when Jefferson got free mail service. This reflects Emily’s stubborn persona caused by her father’s treatment when she was young. "A Rose for Emily is told through the eyes of the townspeople. William Faulkner expressed a lot of the resident’s opinions towards Emily and her family’s history. They mentioned old lady Wyatt, her great aunt who had gone completely mad.