The theme of this fantastically written story is isolation. In this story, it is talking about Emily being isolated from everyone she knew, including her father due to his death. I believe that Emily felt so isolated that she killed Homer to always keep him “with” her. In her mind, I think she thought if she killed him she could keep his body with her up until her own death and kills her loneliness. Isolation drove Emily to extremes and I believe keeping Homer’s body only gave her a bigger sense of
The theme of this fantastically written story is isolation. In this story, it is talking about Emily being isolated from everyone she knew, including her father due to his death. I believe that Emily felt so isolated that she killed Homer to always keep him “with” her. In her mind, I think she thought if she killed him she could keep his body with her up until her own death and kills her loneliness. Isolation drove Emily to extremes and I believe keeping Homer’s body only gave her a bigger sense of