While reading literature understanding who the characters are is essential in being able to understand the literature itself. Knowledge of character itself is essential in Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily." Not only does the reader need to understand who Emily is but they also need to know what type of character Emily is, in addition to the message Faulkner is trying to convey.
             In reading "A Rose for Emily," Faulkner makes it next to impossible not to understand who Emily is and how to identify with her. Emily lived with her father in a somewhat large house in Jefferson. Her father tried to keep her to himself by not really letting her go out in public. He also didn't like the fact that Emily was old enough to have male friends. He tried to keep her in and didn't let her go out with anyone of the opposite sex. Well, he really didn't let her go out at all. Because of Emily's father, she was not connected with her peers and the outside world. This made it hard for her to find love
             with Daddy in the picture. She lived with her father until his sudden death. Since it was all Emily had known, she kept to herself after her father's death. She taught the children of Colonel Satoris mistress' the art of painting china. Emily soon then stopped the teaching and went back to keeping to herself. The only person she spoke with was her servant, and the only words they shared were what he needed to get for her when he went to town. Basically Miss Emily had no one to talk to about anything. She seemed to be quite depressed after her father passed away until she met her sweetheart. Mister Homer Barron was his name, blue-collar foreman Yankee the town didn't really approve of. Since Emily kept to herself, she didn't care what the town thought or gossiped about. Miss Emily turned old as all people do and passed away. This death was unexpected, so Miss Emily passed away...