A Rose for Emily

This story begins with the death of Emily then moving back in time to explain her peculiar life. Narrating Emily's life is the community she lives in. The town creatively tells a tale of a woman who lost at love so many times at one point she gave up for years. After the death of her pristine father the only man in her life for the most part is her servant. When Emily reaches her thirties and the town really begins to worry about her love life or well being if you will she takes a liking to a construction worker named Homer Barron. Homer according to the town is not the marrying kind. Homer is a man's man which could mean he is homosexual or it could mean he is not the kind to commit to only one. Emily and Homer soon become inseparable. They are seen together quite often. Emily is seen buying objects which may suggest marriage.
Homer is absent for a short while and the town believes he is off preparing for marriage. At this same time Emily is buying arsenic from the town druggist. The town assumes she is going to kill herself. Soon there after Homer returns and is seen one night entering Emily's home. Homer is never seen alive again. After that night Emily never leaves her home again. The town assumes she has lost at love again but it is quite obvious at this point that Emily has done something to Homer. Especially since earlier in the story there is mention of an odor issue coming from Emily's house.
The ending was as suspected. After Emily's funeral the town realizes that there is still one room in Emily's old house that lies undisturbed. When entering the room what is found reinforces Emily's need for lasting love. In her bed lie what is left of a man and next to him is a pillow still sunken from Emily's head. On the pillow is one of Emily's graying hairs. Emily was so desperate for someone who would not leave her that she did the only thing she could think to do...commit a crime of passion.