Blog 2: A Rose For Emily

The sporadic revealing of events in non-chronological order in: A Rose For Emily, by William Faulkner, match the first person plural point of view of the story. The story, more or less a major compilation of gossip and bias of townsfolk and their ignorance of who Miss Emily really was, make some of the accounts up for question, considering the perhaps unreliability of the mysterious narrator. Nonetheless, Emily is portrayed as one who clings onto the few relationships she has ever had in her life: that with her father and with Homer Baron. I initially pitied her circumstance after her father's death, even though their relationship wasn't a strong one, her father was a significant figure in her life. "When her father died, it got about that the house was all that was left to her,"(Faulkner,284). This just goes to show Emily's loneliness and lack of companionship. So, once meeting Homer and "driving in the yellow-wheeled buggy,"(Faulkner,285) with him, this seemed like a godsend for Emily: finally, someone she can love. Emily did just that: love Homer Baron, only he didn't seem to return the affection because of their true incompatibility. However, even though not explicitly stated, the conclusion of this story, ending with the discovery of an unidentifiable body, I believe to be Homer's. Perhaps, Emily did find a way to hold onto Homer Baron unlike her father whose body was taken away and buried. Emily was able to  have Homer Baron and love him, even if he didn't love her.