... to the town. Yellow roses help to symbolize joy and friendship. Faulkner helps to show a friendship between Emily and Homer Barron, one that the towns people had lots of interest in. "Whenever you heard a lot of laughing anywhere about the square, Homer Barron would be in the center of the group. Presently we began to see him and Miss Emily on Sunday afternoon driving ... in the yellow-wheeled buggy and the matched team of bays from the livery stable." (Faulkner, 90) Even though the interest ... ) Red roses as everyone knows symbolize love and passion. Emily obviously shows a strong lov...

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