The story of Summer

“She will kill herself” “She will marry him” “She will persuade him yet” (33). These statements were made in regard to Miss Emily’s relationship with Homer Barron. Homer himself had stated that he liked men, he was known to drink with the younger men in the Elks Club, and that he was not a marrying man.

Homer entered her life by courting her publicly; by not wanting to marry her, he would have robbed her of her dignity and high-standing in the community. The ladies of the town felt that Miss Emily was not setting a good example for the "younger people" and their affair was becoming a "disgrace to the town" (75). The traditions, customs, and prejudices of the South doomed this affair from the beginning. Emily could not let Homer live, but she could not live without him. He was her only love. When she poisoned him with arsenic, she believed he would be hers forever.

The two cousins are forced to leave by Miss Emily with help from the townsfolk who could not stand the cousins. Homer is seen sneaking back into the house once the cousins are gone, and Miss Emily is not going to let him leave her again. Her insanity has driven her to the point that she poisons him one evening and lies in an embrace with him.

Similar to the argument that Faye has with her father, the moment one person is unable to keep up the fantasy, no one is able to successfully participate, which more often than not, leads the participants to want to destroy what has deprived them of their escape. Faye, in this case, is the person who refuses to fully participate in the fantasy because “[s]he became bored with the life they were leading together and as her boredom deepened, she began to persecute him” (111). The issue here seems to be the fact that there is still an authenticity to Homer’s actions and emotions, whereas Faye is incapable of feeling the same type of tenderness, or being candidly generous the way Homer can. As a result, she found his “servility was like that of a cringing, clumsy dog, who is always anticipating a blow, welcoming it even, and in a way that makes overwhelming the desire to strike him” (111). The anger that Faye feels leads her to be both verbally and physically abuse to Homer. While they are at dinner with Tod, Faye physically forces Homer to drink a cocktail by pouring the liquor into his mouth and holding “her hand over his lips so that he couldn’t spit it back. Some of it came out of his nose,” even though Homer has told her before that drinking makes him feel sick (112). Once he realizes that drinking may be the only thing that will appease Faye, Homer takes the next drink “but this time he took it and drank it himself fighting the stuff down” (113). He begins to act as though he enjoys it and does “his best to laugh with [Faye]” as the night goes on (114). But, it is too late. Faye is no longer fully participating in the fantasy with Homer, and when Tod witnesses the violence and malice that Faye is capable of, he forces Homer to confront reality as

Homer also gets accused of stealing from company property. His mom Elsie, still encourages Homer to continue following his dreams and goals of building a rocket even if his dad did not approve. Mr. Bykovski is punished by being sent to the mines for supporting Homer with his rockets. Throughout this chapter the kids continue trying to perfect their by trial and error. Homer’s support grows with more people supporting him now by watching them. Homer's dad takes Reverend Lanier’s advice causing him to change his perspective of Homer's goals.

The 1960’s was a time like no other in American history. Racial tension between African Americans and white, middle class citizens had plagued the country. Animosity towards African Americans was aggressive throughout the south and did not show signs of letting up. Alongside rising racial tensions, fear of communism put many on edge, which gave Americans more of a reason to use blacks as a scapegoat to blame for occurring issues. At the time, white Americans in the south perceived African Americans as inferior, regardless of if they were technically “free”. The strong contempt towards the black community lead to widespread oppression of African Americans

Homer’s behaviors are very inconsistent. He often says that he won’t do something and shortly after something comes along to make him forget what he just vowed he’d never do. I think this chapter is really important to understand why people value the things that they do and why. The timing of absolutely everything seems to be a reoccurring theme to why everything happens in economics. People have different behavior based on if they procrastinate or participate on commitment devices. Homer procrastinates a lot through out every episode, one example in particular being when talking about a loan he borrowed. He says that he still has time to pay it in the future therefore he’s just putting it off or procrastinating. Homer also gets involved in many commitment devices. One of many examples being the time he’s persuaded to quit his job to commit himself more to finding a

On one such occasion, Emily got into a relationship with Homer only to be forsaken when he "Drank with younger men" and admitted "he liked men" (06, William Faulkner). The fact that Homer is in a relationship Emily and yet, likes men, proves that Homer is using Emily as

I am being transported in a chinook chopper as a rescue team for the survivors of operation redwing. All of the sudden I see a taliban soldier holding an RPG looks right at my helicopter and fires. The rocket zooms across the mountain and hits the helicopter. A blast of heat knocked me backward and out of the helicopter. I land into the mountain side as I see my helicopter crash into the mountain side. Soon enough I am rolling down the hill until I strike a rock. I am sitting on top of a cave and I hear coughing inside the cave. In fear of my life I thought it was the taliban, but when I come around the corner I see one of the soldiers I came to rescue. I sigh with relief and lean against the wall of the cave. But I did not have too much of a break from the action. I heard foot steps of two people on top of the cave. Me and marcus have our rifles pointed at the entrance of the cave. Four black beady eyes see us in the cave and we put 3 rounds in each of their heads.

He finally finds inner peace with Sandra’s “distant signal of acquiescence” (103) on the night before they left the cabin. As Homer matures, his desire for Sandra increases, but he grows more forlorn since his affection is unreciprocated. Similarly to the way a child feels when summer draws to a close, Updike suggests that there is sadness in parting with childhood; a feeling as if one did not accomplish all that they wanted to do during that time. When Sandra gives Homer a “melancholy signal of parting” (103), all of his powerful emotions swell up again, which suggests that he regrets not kissing her. Despite this, Homer’s

The Virtue Moral Theory plays a part of Homers character traits when he

“I saw the fuddle and flush come over him, then I sang out in cordial tones” (Homer

New York, centers on Homer Simpson – the show's main character – retrieving his car from New York City, where a resentful friend left it after a drunken night. Having had a negative New York City experience in past, Homer was reluctant to retrieve the car, but after some cajoling, he was convinced to make the trip. Upon reaching New York, Homer’s family leaves him to have an adventure of their own and the show follows their contradictory experiences as Homer’s family has a blast and Homer has a horrible time. All of his negative New York experiences are based on the common negative perceptions of New York

Homer was an easy going laid back type of guy. He didn't care about grades and the impressions he left on people. Although, throughout the novel we as the readers see a significant change in Homer, a change for the better. This situation that Homer had been thrown in, unlike most of the other characters was a good thing. He was slowly but at the same time quickly maturing, becoming a young man.

The same applies to the central figure, Homer who is an extremely likable person and a fast learner, soon to become as skilled as his teacher. Yet without a diploma-another anchor of the outside world stressing the form, the superficiality, the illusion over the intrinsic value. Thus far, he has lived in this paradise which has a lot of bliss to offer. Yet, this warm Eden could not possibly offer him the knowledge of good and evil, the knowledge he will have to receive in the outside world. Of course, for now Homer has nothing to compare it with-but soon an episode occurs that