Comparing Stories 'A Rose For Emily And Andre Dubus Killings'

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In life, people make poor decisions. As humans, when we love, we love hard. When there is anger, anger took us out of character. Most decisions we make only will be affected our families in the future. We must not take the law into our own hands. On the marvelous stories "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and "Killings" by Andre Dubus, there are differences of poor decisions making and the consequences that follows it between the main characters by both of the stories. A Rose for Emily is a great story. The story was written about an old woman named Emily who lived with his father before he died. Her father was very protective of her that he cut all chances of her finding love in the town. She was basically living …show more content…

It is about a crime committed by two characters, Richard Strout and Matt Fowler. Matt Fowler and Richard Strout are both the murderers and victims of the story. It is a short story about a father's love for his song that attracted revenge when the son was murdered. Although Emily's father was protective of her, he didn't go beyond to kill for his child. Before Richard Strout died, he did a crime of passion. He was pissed when he found out his woman was having an affair with another man while the divorce was still pending. He was on edge, therefore; he killed him. After he murdered the man, he did not have any remorse. He was living his as if nothing ever happen. Meanwhile, Matt Fowler who is a man of fortitude, was faced with questions about his son's murdered. Matt and his wife were suffering by the loss of their son. He was motivated by a private revenge on his child behalf. Matt and his friend, Willis Trottier killed Strout. When Strout's died, Matt was overcome with a profound sense of isolation. Matt was different after murdering Strout. When Matt's wife, Ruth was aware of what Matt has done, she was relieved and desirous of her husband. After Matt accomplished his goal of taken away Strout's life, his own internal struggles escalates and couldn't find satisfaction. He went to isolation, cut out from his family, time and history. he will have to live with his

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