Have you ever had the feeling of not belonging, being in a crowd of people not knowing what to say? What if all you knew suddenly changed? In the story “ A Rose for Emily” written by William Faulkner, change is not viable for Miss Emily Grierson. Miss Emily was living proof of how growing up in a landed gentry’s family could take its toll on a seemingly fortunate person. An overbearing strict father, Emily was taught that no man in her life was suitable for her. Her life was lonely and static. She was a woman without friends and therefore has no visible social network. It seemed as if the only person in her life was the butler. Because of the southern beliefs that her father adhered to Emily Grierson was neither unwilling nor unable to change to modern ways. Miss Emily is faced with an inability to adjust to a changing society. People of her ilk were treated with kid gloves and compassion. Growing up in such a high-class family, Emily only knows of one way of life. Her old......

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Title: A Rose For Emily
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