Misfit In William Faulkner's A Rose For Emily

A Misfit could be described as an individual who doesn’t seem to fit in any social group. A person of such features could be labeled as an introvert, shy, depressed, miserable but usually clever and mature. The reason why Misfits are usually intelligent or clever is because can be perceived as imaginative, reasonable and understanding; however, they always care more about themselves and fail to envision lives from different perspectives. They perceive themselves as unique and disappointed by all those around them. One good example of a recent Misfit was an American serial killer, Theodore Robert Bundy who assaulted and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s. While injuring and murdering his victims, Theodore didn’t bother

For instance, we are told that when she was a young and a “sweetheart,” her father drove away her suitors/lovers, and after her father’s death she pursues her own desires for love and life. At age thirty she is a murderer and is suspected to have had bought “rat poison” to murder Homer Barron, Emily’s sweetheart. We know Homer’s death was intended for Emily’s malicious plans linked with love and affection towards him because the townspeople discovered Homer’s “fleshless” body in the upstairs room with a “long strand of iron-gray hair” next to it, Emily’s hair. In a well bonded society, relationships and feeling develop over time. In the case with Emily, she doesn’t quite understand the common association of love as she struggles to find a suitor. She also demonstrates features of shyness and depression, which could be acknowledged when she is found to close “her front door” for lengthy periods of time, occasionally for as long as “six or seven years.” Having her front door been closed for such a period of time made the townsfolk think that she was “ill” and “grown fat.” Having been indoors for “six or seven years” straight, is a highly depressing state to be in. Such habits are not

Emily, Bundy and the Father from “My Papa’s Waltz” exhibit some features which seem to be common amongst all three individuals. When Bundy kidnapped those women, he had a set of rules and ideas which caused his plan to be successful. For instance, in order to isolate the women from the crowd, Bundy would charm his prey and then when the time was right we would assault them. It is reasonable to conclude that because he was clever enough to isolate them in the first place, he was able to use them for his own demented purposes. Same was the case with Emily. Homer Barron was a young man who was not interested in settling down and marrying; however, this did not bother Emily. She gave Homer some rat poison, mixed it in a drink or somehow, and kept his dead body for her frenzied commitments. In the end, she got what she wanted and to a certain degree was clever enough to do it. Her high heritage status made it hard for anyone to suspect such a thing and keeping that in mind she initiated her plans. Finally, the Father from “My Papa’s Waltz.” Although he doesn’t commit any murder in the poem, his “waltzing” causing his son’s ear to be scraped from his belt buckle. We are also told that the son is frightened from his father from the start, due to his reference to death. This makes it easier for the father to get