Although Emily, from William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" and Abner, from "Barn Burning" have some differences, they also have a lot in common. Emily and Abner are on totally different sides of society economically. Abner and Emily both have very little respect for others and are capable of harming others. Both of them struggle with pride and think the deserve more.
             Miss Emily and Abner are on different ends of the social ladder. This is the biggest difference between them. Emily is on the wealthy end of the ladder. She lives in a big house and owns property. "It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street" (Faulkner 87). Abner on the other hand, is a sharecropper and is very poor with no house or land. Abner probably isn't even on the ladder at all. Another difference between them is in family. Abner has children and a wife. Emily doesn't have a family. For the most part she is alone.
             Miss Emily is rude and inconsiderate of others. When the new mayor of the town wrote Miss Emily a letter asking her to call the town office, she didn't even reply. Miss Emily just ignored the letter because she thought she was too good to pay. Since Miss Emily wouldn't respond to the letter, the mayor sent some of his office members to go to her house and talk to her. When the servant let them in, Emily walked over to where they were standing and didn't even ask them to have a seat. When they tried to explain that she needed to start paying her taxes, she replied, " I have no taxes in Jefferson. Colonel Sartoris (old mayor) explained it to me. Perhaps one of you can gain access to the city records and sa...