Throughout Emily’s life, the town was obsessed with her behavior. It seemed as if no one in the town had anything interesting in their lives, and lived through the gossip of Emily. They watched her every move while, she withered away through all of those years. Her house was even in the center of town and was amongst everyone since the revolution, which made her the center of attention. Although Emily never left her house, it had seemed that she was the focus of everything. As Emily grew older, the more stubborn she became. She still believed many years after Colonel Sartoris’ death that she did not have to pay taxes. Although there was a new sheriff in office, she still argued with them about paying the taxes. She turns after quarrelling and states firmly, “ See Colonel Sartoris. I have no taxes in Jefferson” (Faulkner 3).

There are so many different contributing factors to Emily’s insanity. People that talked about her constantly surrounded her, if it were not for the combination of such a lifestyle with her surroundings and her upbringings, Emily may have never turned out the way she did.

Having her not pay any taxes further outcasts her from the town because she was getting separate rules than the others. This situation also showed the town how out of it Emily is. She had not known that Colonel Sartoris had been dead for ten years. This also allowed for further ridicule and gossip to circulate about her. The town also watched Emily go through the issue with the horrible stench inside of her house. This occurrence just allowed the town to have a excuse to talk about her again. They thought that it was, “just another link between the gross, teeming world and the high and mighty Griersons” (4). The gossip that the town has leads them to believe that there has to be some reasons to Emily’s strange ways, and her father’s upbringing are what closely tie it all together.

Homer fit the perfect ideal for Emily as a male figure. Homer was not informed of all of the town gossip, and this held a great advantage of Emily. He did not know that Emily’s life has been on spotlight for almost all of her life. She immediately grew very close

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