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What Is A Rose For Emily's Death
The story, “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner an American writer states, “She told them that her father was not dead” (Faulkner ###). Implying that Miss Emily has lost all sense of reality due to the death of her father. Also, knowing that her father was the the only one close to her, it was such a huge toll on her to accept the death. Losing someone who means so much will affect you mentally and physically. A real situation that happened to me not to long ago was the death of my beloved grandma, Martha Quicho. After hearing the news of my grandma , I refused to face the truth and closed connections within my friends for a few days. Which made things difficult to move on with life, however, I eventually had to accept reality in order to

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