In the short story "A Rose for Emily", by William Faulkner uses symbolism to get the meaning of the title of this story across to the reader. Though there are many interpretations that can be made from the title of this story, my interpretation of the title is the comparison of Homer Barron to being Miss Emily's rose.
             Miss Emily didn't have a very peaceful adolescence. Emily's father was very abusive and neglectful towards her. Her father never let her experience the joys of doing things on her own and the feelings of love and friendship. Whenever she thought she had these feelings towards someone her father would say, they're not good enough for you. Emily only knew the feelings her father let her feel. After the death of her father, I think she was free to go out and explore the world her father wouldn't let her live, and oddly enough that's when Homer Barron comes into play (Faulkner 31).
             As most of us know, a rose symbolizes love. That is how I came to the conclusion that Homer Barron was "A Rose for Emily". Homer Barron, "a Yankee, big, dark, ready man with a big voice and eyes light eyes" (Faulkner 31),
             had just started work in the town paving the sidewalks. Eventually Homer and Miss Emily developed a relationship and that soon turned into her falling in love
             with Homer (Faulkner 32). The turning point and the destruction in the story for Emily is when "Homer himself had remarked - He liked men, and drank with the young men at the Elks Club, which made him not a marrying man" (Faulkner 32). This crushed Emily's heart and threw her over the edge where she will now go to the extreme to keep herself from ever loosing Homer Barron, her love.
             After this bombshell, Emily didn't want to lose her first true love so she figured if she couldn't have him no one can. Emily has previously gone to the local pharmacy and p
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