A Rose for Emily

I really enjoyed the story "A Rose for Emily." I liked that the story was not in chronological order, it made me think a lot more. As I read the story I found it was a little confusing at some times because there is a lot going on. It really made me question Emily and who she really was. I didn't understand why when everyone would see her they would say, "poor Emily". Once Emily's father dies, the towns people kept smelling a odd smell from her house, but later in the story the smell all of a sudden goes away. She met Homer, a man who worked for a construction company, when he was cleaning the sidewalks. Soon enough him and Emily fell in love. After awhile he was never seen again. I thought that when Emily went to buy the poison she was buying it for herself. But, as I kept reading I then figured out that she bought the poison for Homer. At Emily's funeral the ladies went up to look in Emily's room. I was very surprised that when they opened the door they saw a body laying in her bed covered in dust, the body was of Homer Barron. The story left me in deep thought. The ending was very quick and left you thinking.