In “A Rose for Emily” William Faulkner demonstrates ones troubles of letting go of someone close to you. Everyday millions of people have to say good-bye to someone they love. Miss Emily, an older woman from Jefferson, Mississippi, has trouble saying good-bye to the ones she loved. In this short story, Faulkner shows us through Miss Emily how older people have trouble letting go of the ones they love.

Miss Emily lives in a very old house that needs to be repaired dramatically. “An eyesore among eyesores,” is how Faulkner describes the house in the story to show that Miss Emily has a problem letting go. This

Faulkner shows the changes in society as time goes on, but Miss Emily does not change with the time and does not accept the new traditions. As the times change Miss Emily wants everything to stay the same. She is afraid of changing her traditions because she has a problem of letting go of things. Her father taught her all of her traditions and ways. She is scared to let go of her traditions because she doesn’t want to lose her father for good.

Another character that Faulkner puts in this story to show us that Miss Emily has trouble letting go is Homer Barron. Homer was in town to pave the streets of the town. After a while Miss Emily started to fall in love with Homer. “Then some of the ladies began to say that it was a disgrace to the town and a bad example to the young people (p.55).” This was not a disgrace to Miss Emily though, because finally since her father’s death she had someone to be with and someone to love her. This made her happy, “Miss Emily her head high (p.55).” Homer ended up leaving just for a little while and then came back for a couple of days just to see Miss Emily. Faulkner

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