out of a boy. Miss Emily Grierson will always hold that obligation in her stature. However, I dont believe Homer Barron sees Emily as a potential mate. I think he felt sorry for her and was only being kind out of pity. As stated, He was not a marrying man and remarked he himself liked men. I believe Homer Barron is gay, and to put it simply in todays lingo, hes a player. One can infer that Miss Emily heard the talk around town, small towns and gossip go hand in hand, about Homes sexuality. I believe this is where the demented intensions arouse. I think when Homer returned to Emily, she asked him to marry her, but I think Homer refused. His intensions I believe were only friendship. Faulkner uses the color Yellow twice in this story when showing Miss Emily and Homer together. Yellow is a color of friendship or uncertainty. For example, pregnant women receive yellow items for the unborn baby, and yellow roses are given as symbol of friendship. Hence the use of Yellow and Roses in A Rose For Emily.Emily has always been ruled by, and depended on men to protect, defend and act for her. Her father, who nurtured, protected, and loved her (in an odd way), to the Negro servant, Tobe, who fed and sheltered her from the outside world. And then there is Homer Barron, who gives her hope. Emilys rose briefly re-blooms for Homer, but in the end it fades and dies as she didleaving only a lingering fragrance and dusty petals. Faulkner planted only five roses in this story, and within Miss Emilys life she had lost four men. I believe the roses that Faulkner planted were for each of the men Miss Emily lost. The first rose I believe was for her dead father. The second rose was for the sweetheart who deserted her. The third rose for the men her father drove away. And the fourth (yellow) rose was for Homer Barron, who she preserves for everlasting love. There it stays lain, forever a reminder in an embrace, frozen in time the sleep that outlasts love, as...
