The people of the town wanted to see Miss Emily as the vivacious young lady that she once was, so when she locked herself up in her house, whenever the townspeople would think about her or her house they would think of her as a sort of monument, created to remember the woman she was and that they miss. In the beginning the town and her father would take care of her, much like a monument needs to have great care given to it to keep it up. At first they would look at her with respect and general curiousness, "Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town" but as the years passed and when the smell came they started to realize how the monument they made of her was crumbling. After she died and they found the corpse of her homosexual boyfriend they then knew that the monument of Miss Emily had fallen.
Where in the story does it state or at least show that Emily was once a "vivacious young lady"? It seems you inferred many things that can't actually be supported by the text itself. Other than that it seemed to be good.
Chase, Dmitry, James
Thank you for your feedback. We realize that "vivacious young lady" may have been a stretch. We believe that the phrase "high and mighty" may be a good replacement.
The people of the town wanted to see Miss Emily as the vivacious young lady that she once was, so when she locked herself up in her house, whenever the townspeople would think about her or her house they would think of her as a sort of monument, created to remember the woman she was and that they miss. In the beginning the town and her father would take care of her, much like a monument needs to have great care given to it to keep it up. At first they would look at her with respect and general curiousness, "Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town" but as the years passed and when the smell came they started to realize how the monument they made of her was crumbling. After she died and they found the corpse of her homosexual boyfriend they then knew that the monument of Miss Emily had fallen.
Where in the story does it state or at least show that Emily was once a "vivacious young lady"? It seems you inferred many things that can't actually be supported by the text itself. Other than that it seemed to be good.
Chase, Dmitry, James
Thank you for your feedback. We realize that "vivacious young lady" may have been a stretch. We believe that the phrase "high and mighty" may be a good replacement.