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    In Sherwood Anderson’s “Hands,” and William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” both authors introduced main characters who are alienated in their respective societies. In Anderson’s work, Wing Biddlebaum is an outsider because he wants to escape from his society since he has been accused of being a child molester. Similarly, in Faulkner’s work, Emily hides from society since the prying eyes of the people who see her gaze and oppression. In this way, both characters are outsiders in their communities

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    A Short Story : A Story?

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    prevent herself from feeling Bertram’s hard carapace beneath her foot, or worse, hearing the soft crunch of that carapace being crushed beneath her shoe. She hadn’t wanted a tortoise, and had only brought one because she had promised her daughter, Emily, before she died, that she would buy her one as a birthday present, and for sentimental reasons that were most unlike her, Hetty, once she could stand upright again without tears streaming down her cheeks like Niagara in the rainy season, went out

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    Society As An Outsiders

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    In William Faulkner’s "A Rose for Emily" and Sherwood Anderson’s “Hands,” both authors present main characters who is isolated in their respective societies. In Faulkner’s work, Emily is an outsider because she chooses to remove herself from mainstream society by not interacting with other people. Similarly, in Anderson’s work, Wing Biddlebaum chooses to remove himself from society since he has been falsely accused of being a child molester. In this way, both characters are outsiders in their communities

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    not only Europe, but also other countries such as the United States, as men and women alike were convinced that women did not deserve the same rights as men. While both women in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” respond to their situations after obtaining freedom in different ways, they illustrate the multiple facets of women’s oppressed social conditions during that era which caused many women various manifestations of depression, other physical and mental

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    upon a time there lived a family who was returning from a ceremony on a curvy mountain route. In the car, the family was chatting very loudly. “Emily get up. We are going t o reach our house”said Karen. Suddenly, the father was distracted and didn’t notice a sharp turn in the road. The car flipped and drove off the mountain, as the family screamed. “Emily get out” said Emily's father David. “Now you go out Karen” said David. “David Come” said Emily’s mother Karen . “i can't come. My leg is stuck

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    In the story “A Rose for Emily,” by William Faulkner, Emily is described as a mysterious woman whom was an outsider to the whole town. Throughout her whole life her father turned away any man who potentially would marry Emily which left her alone after his death. Until Homer Barron came along—Emily had finally found a man. The town did not know Emily was crazy yet. After she met Homer, the town thought nothing of the events after her father’s death. Emily was happy and not as crazy anymore, or so

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    “Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town, dating from that day in 1894 when Colonel Sartoris” (Faulkner I). Emily abandoned with no wealth but a house from her father's will. Her father was the man in her life that took control and isolated Emily by enabling her to have a husband and a proper life. Emily creates her own illusions, a reality that permanently detaches herself from the real world. Therefore, as the years passed the town

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    My name is Jack and I am known as a freak. I don’t know how or when I have come to accept this but nevertheless it is true. I live in a small shack deep within the forest with my adopted father and 2 older siblings. As I would believe not only I but the rest of my family would be labeled as freaks as well but unlike me they never cared about their labels so why did I. As my thought process began to move faster I heard a knock on my door. “Jack, are you alright? We haven’t seen you

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    There once was a girl named Emily, who was 6 years old. She lived on a small farm, in a small town, with not many people. She had 9 older siblings and 2 younger siblings. Emily and her family were poor but, she didn’t know that because, she always got what she needed. Her mom taught her how to sew her clothes. Her dad taught her how to run the farm. Emily went to school, but only had one friend named Anna. She was always bullied. One day she was washing dishes and turned to her mom and

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    experiences throughout their lives that makes them different, and society must come to terms in understanding everyone before they judge. In the short story “A Rose for Emily”, written by William Faulkner, people within the town attempted to understand Miss Emily’s struggles and tried to judge her accordingly. Throughout the story Miss Emily Grierson struggled as a developing character with many internal conflicts. One of Miss Emily’s biggest internal conflict came from her attachment to her

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