"So the next day we all said, 'She will kill herself'; and we said it would be the best thing" - narrator, A Rose For Emily
The narrator of this story is simply telling the town gossip about Emily. I feel sorry for her. She sits in her house, trying to stay away from the cruel people, and yet they say awful things like that. What makes them think that everything she does have some psychotic ulterior motive. Maybe she does, but they can't go around telling people unless they know for sure. Maybe she just wants to be weird all by herself; she never asked them to read in to every move she makes. If I were her I would feel disrespected and very angry. She probably could not care less, but I still don't think that gives them any right to say things about her personal life. This story may as well be told in a hair salon while nosy middle aged women sip lemonade.
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