A rose for emily

A rose for Emily was a pretty interesting story. It was kind of confusing since not everything goes in chronological order. I thought the characters in the story were also really interesting. Over all the story was okay, but it really was kind of disgusting.
Obviously the main character Emily is suffering from some sort of mental illness. She doesn't want to believe her father died, and then kills Homer Baron because she does not want anybody else to have him. To me she seems lonely and will do almost anything to have a companion. What really grossed me out was in the end of the story the last lines that said, "We noticed that in the second pillow was the indentation of a head. One of us lifted something from it, and leaning forward, the faint and invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils, we saw a long strand of iron-gray hair"(212). This proves that she did not only kill him so he would stay with her forever, but she also laid by his dead body which to me is really sick.
Besides some of the bizarre things going on in the story, A Rose for Emily did give me a good idea of how times were in the deep south in a small town. Everybody seemed gossipy, and everybody wanted to know each others business. On Emily's behalf i can understand why she probably felt crazy, everyone wanted to know what was going on with her,and in her business. Not only was this town gossipy but it seemed to be very racist and full of bigots.
Overall the story was a good read and having the discussion in class really helps me look deeper into the story and really understand in depth what is going on. It makes the story a lot more enjoyable.