"A Rose For Emily" compared to "Ice"
...egro man would go once a week to the market and get food for her. She refused to pay her taxes because she claimed that Colonel Sartoris had remitted her taxes. One day a man from up north came to build roads in her town. Miss Emily became interested in him, and was seen with him on Sundays driving in the yellow-wheeled buggy. Then eventually the man moved back north and everyone felt sorry for Miss Emily again. She remained in her house after that until the day she died. She was a strange woman that kept a little town always wondering what was going on with her. The story "Ice" is about a young boy who is always wondering about what is going to happen to the drum major at his school. Both him and the drum major have a paper route. The drum major is found to be having an affair with the football coaches wife. The young boy always wanted to see the drum major fail because he always had everything. Finally one night at a game, the drum major lost his baton and had to wait until the band members passed to retrieve it. This was a lesson in courage to the young boy. After that ...