Denying Change in William Faul

Miss Emily is from a well to do family, which has long since lost its fortune, but not its aristocratic thinking and bearing. She holds herself aloof from the rest of the town, because this is how she was raised. Her father was a very domineering man and controlled everything Miss Emily did, so when he passed away Miss Emily felt lost. Times are changing and all that Miss Emily knows is changing too. The only way for Miss Emily to survive is by holding onto the past and to continue to live the only way she knows how. When the ladies of the town call upon her the day after her father’s death, they believe that Miss Emily will more “humanized”, but this was not to be. She met them at the door and was “dressed as usual and with no trace of grief on her face” (31). She denies that her father is de

Another way that Miss Emily denies the present is when she refuses to accept the idea that the town wants her to pay taxes. When the mayor of Jefferson writes her requesting that she come by his office in regard to the tax notice, Miss Emily simply returns the notice with a dignified note stating that she never goes out at all (29). When several men came to her house to talk to her about the notice she politely listened to them then informed them, “I have no taxes in Jefferson. Colonel Sartoris explained it to me. Perhaps one of you can gain access to the city’s records and satisfy yourselves” (29). Her strong presence is enough for her to surpass the law.

The present keeps trying to bring Miss Emily out of her safe world but her will is stronger than her mind. The town continues to progress and the street that Miss Emily lives on has been modernized. “But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emily’s house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps-an eyesore among ey

Some topics in this essay:
Miss Emily, Miss Emily’s, Colonel Sartoris, miss emily, Rose Emily”, Homer Barron, William Faulkner’s, miss emily’s, changing miss emily, changing miss, change miss,