... the pillow beside him. Remembering the relationship of Emily with her father, her place in the community and her problem with reality, the present and the past, the character is told about Miss Emily in the story. The Grierson family had a streak of insanity and insane pride. Miss Emily's father was a selfish and dominating man. None of the young men who came courting her were good enough for their name. Emily's father discouraged men and drove them away. When he finally died, his daughter was still unmarried and was left nothing but the house (284). In a way, the narrator says, "People were glad. At last they could pity Miss Emily. Being alone, and a pauper, she had become humanized now she would know like other people, what it felt like to count pennies" (281-289). The townsmen thought that Homer, Emily's boyfriend, with his strong masculine appearance and his skills ...

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