old versus new
...left lifting it’s stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps- an eyesore among eyesores.” (29) Miss Emily Grierson once was among the elite citizens of Jefferson and was a wealthy woman who came from a kinship background. Miss Emily had been a tradition, an obligation on the town. Throughout the story, the house appearance symbolize who Miss Emily was and how the town people portrait Miss Emily, therefore in the beginning she was set on the highest standard. When Miss Emily’s father dies, she grows older and penniless. As time goes by her appearance and status decrease and the house starts to get gray and old. “ When her father died, it got about that the house was all that was left to her; and in a way, people were glad at last they could pity Miss Emily. Being left alone, and a pauper, she had become humanized. Now she too would know the old thrill and the despair of a penny more or less.” (32) The younger generation were the future and the spirit of the town, and now the young generation was leaving the old one behind. In a way, the young generation ignored and passed by Miss Emily and they alienated her from society. Miss Emily lived on the outside of town. When Miss Emily died, the young generation felt they could now move forward and march ...