The Car Crash Book Report

I can feel another blow. Hear the creak of a door opening. But I can’t remember what happened after

The day after her father's death, the women of the town went to give their condolences to Miss. Emily. To their surprise, Miss. Emily was "dressed as usual" and had "no trace of grief on her face (Perrine's 285)." Emily told the women that her father was not dead. Finally after three days of trying to hold on to her father, "she broke down, and they buried her father quickly (Perrine's 285)." The town's people tired to justify Miss. Emily's actions, by saying that she had nothing left, and was clinging to the one thing that had robbed her for so long they convinced themselves that she was not crazy.

comes near his daughter. After living like this for so many years, Emily is left with

The narrator seems unable to establish direct contact with Emily, either in the recovery center or their home life. The narrator notes how Emily grew slowly more distant and emotionally unresponsive. Emily returned home frail, distant, and rigid, with little appetite. Each time Emily returned, she was forced to reintegrate into the changing fabric of the household. Clearly, Emily and the narrator have been absent from each other’s lives during significant portions of Emily’s development. After so much absence, the narrator intensifies her attempts to show Emily affection, but these attempts are rebuffed, coming too late to prevent Emily’s withdrawal from her family and the world. Although Emily is now at home with the narrator, the sense of absence continues even in the present moment of the story. Emily, the narrator’s central

Miss Emily?s father used to chase away all of her boyfriends or men she had feelings for. She became adapted to this life of only having her father and when he dies then she feels alone and doesn?t want to ever be alone again and she has not the knowledge to maintain her own boyfriend or husband. So she decides to kill her current crush and she keeps him in a locked room until the day she dies.

This reality sends panic and fear through her because now she has nowhere to turn and no one to tell her what to do, no one to command her life. Not only is she stricken with the loss of her father but now she is cut off to the outside world, because her only link has passed on. Emily immediately goes into a state of denial; to her, her father could not be dead, he was all that she had and she would not let him go.

Miss Emily also shows how she is living in the past when her father dies.  She told everyone that came to get his body that her father was still alive, she refused to believe he was dead.  However, she eventually was forced to give them his body.  "After her father's death, she looked like a girl 'with a vague resemblance to those angels in colored church windows-sort of tragic and serene.'  This suggest that she has already begun her entrance into the nether-world"(Rodriguez 1).  The people did not know what to make of Emily.  Many thought she was

Their isolated homes allow Norman and Emily to create their own distorted version of reality. The gloomy and remote location of the motel allows Norman to create the personality of his mother in his mind, free of careful examination by the outside world. This seclusion allows Norman to cope with his actions after murdering his mother. Likewise, Emily stays cooped up in her house for almost her entire middle to late life, not coming out for “generations”. The mysterious contents of her house contain not just the body of the lover she killed, but also represent the dark depths of her mind, which she had entered when her controlling father died.

Additionally, because of Miss Emily Grierson isolation from the community by her totalitarian of a father and as a result, she is basically disconnected from the society, in which she is supposed to have been in contact with or socially connected. Moreover, the result of her father’s death causes Miss Emily to refuse to acknowledge his death for three days. However, after the townspeople intervene and buried her father, it seems that Miss Emily is isolating herself by an obscure illness, perhaps a mental breakdown, therefore, in order for Miss Emily to keep herself sane, she finds herself remembering only the past, creating her own reality, causing herself and others to follow. Likewise, Miss Emily lives in an abiding void causing her to create

Emily is scared about reality and needs to keep away from all the damage or misfortune that goes

Emily is very far removed from reality and because of this upsetting fact she leads a very long, lonely life. The townspeople and her own home all help in her lasting isolation, and how removed she is from society. As a society we need to refrain from out casting others and learn to help people when they are down. If we continue to just observe and pretend to care, then more young men and women could end up like Emily; even if most cases are not as

Alex’s troubles began on the night of her 16th birthday party when her friend Cass dies in a car accident involving their mutual friend, Shana and Shana’s brother, Logan, who was driving. One theme that

Amanda finished cleaning the mess and the house, and she went to find Tabby to ask to go to the party. She looked all over for Tabby, and could not find her. But she did find a note on the fridge that said “see you later.” Then she knew that her step-sisters had already left without her. She threw herself down and started crying wishing that she could have cleaned faster, and

Surprisingly, she didn’t say anything. Bobby then noticed a cane on the ground, the girl was blind. She smiled at him when he returned the cane to Alicia. The conversation was short-lived and Bobby eventually made it back home. His father was outraged when he found out that Bobby left the house, specifically after his guardians told him not to. The two males got into a dispute before David exited the residence to get Emily. Bobby was upset with his guardians because they constantly work day after day. To let off steam, he decided to relax and watch a movie. He woke up to see the news channel on the television screen. At the time, there was a three-way car accident, and Bobby witnessed the family’s vehicle. Not even a minute later, the police knocked on the door, and the phone rang right after that. He picked up the phone since he knew the police officers wouldn’t be able to see

Her emotions are too strong to control, even for the sake of her family. Gradually, sherry becomes her escape again. This time it’s a secret. Emily secludes herself in her room during the day, neglecting her children, and drifts away from reality. By the time Martin is home, Emily portrays mild effects of an alcoholic.