Faulkner's The Long Strand Of Iron Gray Hair

The Long Strand of Iron Gray Hair
“A Rose for Emily” is a sinister short story written by William Faulkner that provides a narrative on Emily Grierson from someone in her community on particular events that occurred in their town before she passed away, and how the death of her farther troubled her entire life (516). Therefore, traumatized by her father’s death that leaves her feeling lonely. Emily Grierson later kills Homer Barron due to the fact that he reveals he was leaving town and is gay. All together, Emily felt betrayed by these events. “It becomes obvious fairly early in the story that the distinction between reality and illusion has blurred out for Emily” (Brooks and Warren 524). “A Rose for Emily” provides us with an outlook on how grief can affect the psychological state of mind of a person due to death, control and how it can possess a person to refuse the present by living in the past. Emily was traumatized by her father’s death in which she became bitter with the world. Therefore, the companionship she relied on from her father was no longer available to her because of his death. Furthermore, Emily believed her father was still alive by keeping his
Therefore, Emily felt lonely since he was no longer around to keep her company and fill that void in her life. The town pitied her because she was alone, they offered condolences and aid however, she responds by telling them her father was not dead (Faulkner 518). Emily’s loneliness drove her to seclusion in which she never came out of the house, let her health deteriorate and always had a changed of appearance when she was seen in public (Faulkner 519). Therefore, she always depended on her father to protect, defend and act on her behalf. Consequently, Emily’s father never gave her an opportunity to have the confidence to be independent, or self-worth to believe she could stand alone in the presence of