A Rose For Emily By William Faulkner - 1079 Words

Emily was walking down the very long sketchy alley in Paris; she had nowhere to go and was very homeless. She no longer has any family they all passed away. So she just walks down the street and does not really do anything but walks down the alley and try’s to find food through the trash. Emily is very short. She has very dark brown hair with dark brown freckles you might mistake them for chocolate chips. She has very long caramel brown hair with a bunch of split ends. Emily and has only one goal in her life but is to scared to try it. â€Å"I’m going to lay down right between these garbage cans.† Emily says. As Emily opened her humungous brown eyes she saw a tall strange man standing there. The strange man had short bleach blonde hair and†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"Sure but you may not tell anybody and do not touch the picture.† â€Å"Oh wow it sure is beautiful.† â€Å"Yes I no it is. Will you help me find it?† â€Å"Yes sure but what do I get if I help you?† â€Å"Hmmmmm†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦. Well I will let you have this little blanket on my lap?† â€Å"I guess.† â€Å"Okay great. My grandmother put on the note one clue and once I find the place where the clue is and then there will be a little piece paper showing were the next clue is on a little sticky note.† â€Å"Oh wow that sure is going to keep us busy.† â€Å"Yes so the first clue is many good smells and many different colors. What does that mean?† â€Å"Maybe the zoo.† â€Å"Umm no way the zoo does not smell good at all.† â€Å"Oh I no my grandmothers old garden. When I lived with her I would always see her in the garden all day. She absolutely loved her garden. † â€Å"Okay were is your grandmothers old garden?† â€Å"It is about one mile away. Not to far away.† â€Å"Ok lets start walking.† Tyler and Emily walked for about one hour until Emily’s eyes got huge. â€Å"Oh my gosh. This is were my grandmothers house was and now its nothing but dirt.† â€Å"Will we should start digging through this dirt.† â€Å"Yes. There was this huge pile of dirt and Emily just sat down and something was poking her hand. She looked over and it was white sticking out of the dirt. She picked the paper and the paper said. High tower almost tall as the sky.† â€Å"Your grandmother must meanShow MoreRelatedA Rose For Emily By William Faulkner923 Words   |  4 PagesA Rose for Emily; A Tale of The Old South William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi in 1897 but lived most of his life in Oxford, a small town nearby. After dropping out of high school then briefly joining the Canadian Air Force, he returned home and completed three terms at the University of Mississippi (Fulton 27). During his early twenties Faulkner spent time in New Orleans and Europe before returning to Oxford and publishing his first book of poems. 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