I think the two stories, A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner and Killings by Andre Dubus have a lot of similarities. They both start out with their main characters a little crazy or a few mental problems. They aren't bad people to start with but turn to cold-blooded killers by the end of the story from their acts of love.
             These are the reasons I think these two stories are a lot in comparison. These people committed these hideous crimes over the act of love and got away with it. Emily loved her man so much and probably feared him leaving. She killed him and had him there with her forever. Matt killed that man for the love of his dead son. He felt the legal system let him and his wife down. Emily and Matt seem to have some remorse for their acts. They had continued to live their lives like nothing ever happened. These stories make a person wonder just how far love pushes them and why it pushes them. For instance, in A Rose for Emily, Her father was a little different, he didn't let her see any young men nor did he let her date. When she started dating Homer Barron the town said, "She would marry him" (78). Then they said, "She would persuade him," because Homer himself remarked-he liked men (79). This probably wasn't a very good thing for Emily. It could have been the reason for her to kill Homer, a sense of losing someone.
             One day he just quit coming t see her and that went on for years. Again, someone saw him hiding at the back door of Emily's house, and after that day, he has never been seen again. After this happened there was an awful smell at her home. The town had a meeting to take care of the smell. They broke open the cellar door and sprinkled lime in there and in all the outbuildings (77). Again this was a pretty good indication that something was not right. She also went to the druggist and said, "I want some poison" (78). So the next day they said, "She would kill herself" (79). There were many reasons to believe she...