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A Rose For Emily - Term Papers

A Rose For Emily

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In life people often think that the life they live in is either a good one and do not think that a change would do their life any good. In reality change is good, but Emily in the short story “” thinks that the life she has lived through is the one to keep and does not want to change it even though to us we might think of her life as a tragic and deprived one.
The time frame of Miss Emily Grierson to her was the greatest time era, which was the “Old South”. How do we know that she wanted to stay in the time era of the “Old South” is when the new generation moved into Jefferson and asked Emily for taxes. When they did this she ranted and ...

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ways “Old South”, and did not care to change as time went by.
Another factor that showed Miss Emily was not interested in change is when Jefferson came up with a mail system. This new mail system that the people of Jefferson created included putting brass numbers of the house on the door so they could organize where the mail was going. Miss Emily did not like the fact of putting something new on her house and she did not like the fact of a new system coming in. She then told the people that she did not want the numbers put on her door and did not participate in the new mail system in Jefferson.
In her earlier years, Emily, grew up with her father who was a wealthy man of the “Old South”. While growing up she was restricted from all people of the opposite sex, and was a cast away from the social nature of life. She was never to date or be seen with a man while her father was around. The day that her father died she did not show a sign of death in soul ...

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Added: 9/28/2004 05:07:32 AM
Category: Book Reports
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