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A Rose for Emily
3) From reading we, can discover that there is Miss. Emily has a liking for Homer Barron. Homer was a "Yankee" who was a foreman and did construction work. He came to town to do a little of construction work on paving the sidewalks, which was started on during the summer of her fathers death. Everyone in town pretty much knew Homer and was at first glad to see the Miss. Emily would have an interest. The noisy town began seeing the two together on Sunday afternoons driving in the yellow-wheeled buggy and the matched team of bays from the livery stable. Even though there was a mutual relationship between the two, everyone figure Homer was a homosexual. This was a concern because of his name "Homer Barron". Homer was in relations to the prefix "homo" while Barron was referred to that of a lady who can't have kids. So in other words, the town stereotyped Homer and called him a homosexual. We later discover that it's true. Since Homer was visiting the town......

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