William Faulkner?s ?A Rose for

William Faulkner?s ?A Rose for Emily?, is the remarkable story of Emily Grierson, an aging spinster in Jefferson, whose death and funeral drew the attention of the entire town. ?The men went through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one except an old manservant - a combined gardner and cook - had seen in the last …

…deserted her, she needed to feel secure that no one else would leave her. That is what I believe Miss Emily?s motivation was in killing Homer; she had him forever, he could never leave her. Everyone needs change in order to survive and thrive emotionally. However, the manner in which Miss Emily accepted and/or rejected change created her life, and the fear of those changes that could not allow her to be free.