A Rose for Emily and Killings

I thought "A Rose for Emily" by William faulker very arkward. Miss Emily was known throughout the town even though she was unsocial and locked herself in her house. This story does show a lot of aspects of life though. It shows that people in society are nosey in other people's business because the whole town always wanted to know what she was up to and why she was unsocial. It also shows that people you are close with can have a big impact on your life. I think this because her father kept her in the house and would not let her do anything else, which then caused her to continue to be alone after his death. However, i did like the story "Killings" by Andre Dubus a lot better. I found this story more interesting because i probably watch Law & Order too much and i see a lot of this happening. It is amazing how Matt and Willis were able to come up with a plan to trick Richard Strout so that Matt could get his pay back. I do not sympathize with Richard at all, because he threw away his life when he dropped out of school. I think Richard deserved to be mudered by Matt because he took away a person that meant so much to so many people.