In “A Rose for Emily” the main character, also called the protagonist, in this particular story is Miss Emily Grierson. Emily is considered to be a round character, which means that she showed different sides and emotions throughout the story. Although many say she is a flat character because she kept to herself in the story. I argue this point because Emily fell in love with Homer Barron, a Yankee, who was contracted by the town to pave its sidewalks. She is showing various emotions.

In “The Guest” the protagonist was Daru, a Frenchman schoolmaster. He was also a round character. Daru showed various emotions, which include friendly, fear, doubt and seclusion. When Balducci, the policeman and horseman, arrived to the school he told him that he would be the one delivering the Arab to Tinguit at the police headquarters. Daru answers, ”’The orders? I’m not…’ Daru hesitated, not wanting to hurt the old C

orsian. ‘I mean, that’s not my job’”(218). In another instance Albert Camus writes, “When the prisoner made a second move, he (Daru) stiffened, on the alert” (224). At this point of the story they were laying in their beds sleeping. The Arab is raising from his bed to use the

The schoolmaster was watching the two men climb towards him. One was on

horseback, the other on foot. They had not yet tackled the abrupt rise leading to the schoolhouse built on the hillside. They were toiling onward, making slow progress in the snow, among the stones, on the vast expense of the high deserted plateau…The schoolmaster calculated that it would take them half an hour to get onto the hill. (216)

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