Emotions In A Farewell To My Father And Mr. Mayfield

The first emotion I felt was curiousity when the author described a seemingly average looking man who would come to all of the public viewings of the deceased. He had no relations to any of the families nor did anyone in the small town know him. The man was said to come into the funeral home always on time for the viewing and that he would purposely avoid confrontation with Mr. Mayfield, the author's father and undertaker. "He cast a long shadow on the side walk, and his lone figure seemed to creep up the front steps. After he nodded to my father, he proceeded to the chapel, walked straight to the casket, and stood before it, enthralled." (Mayfield, 85)
The second emotion I felt was sadness when the author described her classmate's death in