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There are societies filled with meddling and insensitive people, the towns in "A rose for Miss Emily" and "Dry September" are two such towns. The towns' duplicity is shown effectively as in both of the women's towns, the townspeople try to pry into their personal lives and also put on a facade of care and concern

Both Miss Emily and Miss Minnie are victims of the meddlesome townspeople. When a mysterious stench begins to surround Miss Emily's house, a group of men decide to take the matter into their own hands. "[The men] slunk about the house like burglars" and attempted to put out the smell without notifying Miss Emily as well as entering her property without permission. The men breaking and entering shows the extent that the townspeople will go to change things. Another example of the meddlesome townspeople occurs when Miss Emily is seen with Homer Barron, a worker and a Northerner, someone whom they felt was inappropriate for a women like Miss Emily. "The ladies forced the......

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