"We did not say she was crazy then. We believed she had to do that. We remembered all the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left, she would have to cling to that which had robbed her, as people will."
I made a series of observations that may not have any significance whatsoever, but I was looking for details to help me understand the plot better. One thing I noticed after reading the questions was the significance of Homer Barron's name. My interpretation was that his name is similar to barren home which describes the home of Miss Emily. After her father died, she had no one to share the house with until she made sure that Homer would be with her indefinitely. Another detail was Miss Emily's appearance. When the town pitied her and the reader saw her as a strange, lonely, but harmless woman, she was slender and pretty. Once she got older and committed murder, her appearance worsened. She became fat, and her hair turned that telling iron-gray color. Her appearance changed when she murdered Homer, signifying the loss of her innocence and the people's pity. Faulkner called this a "ghost story," and I think that is because Miss Emily was a ghost of a person. She was not seen often and exhibited strange, antisocial behavior; she was a mystery to the town. Everyone in town knew about her, but they didn't know her.
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