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In the story, " A Rose for Emily, " by William Faulkner, the author reveals the causes' of Emily's plunge toward insanity and the final explanation as to Emily's demise.
In this story, events unfold one after the other of Emily's misfortunes, starting early in her life. The towns people begin to notice that Emily is a little strange when her father dies, which is very hard for Emily because this is the only person she has left. She had no mother, and her father ran off any possibilities for Emily to have boyfriends. So she was left with no one. When she refuses to accept the fact that her father is dead, she confines his corpse to her home for three days. The people of the town finally convince her to give up his body for burial.
Another misfortune comes Emily's way which she is unaware of it for some time. Emily meets Homer Barron, a construction worker from up north. She immediately finds herself attracted to him. He also shows interest in her, but not exactly the......

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