Homer's Death Depicted In The Great Gatsby By J. B.

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Toby is an interesting character and we can 't help but wonder what he knew and why he stayed until the day of Miss Emily 's death. I think it is completely reasonable to assume that Toby knew that Homer was dead in the bed upstairs and perhaps even knew that Miss Emily went up there to be with the dead body. How could he not know that the horrid smell that had nieghbors calling for action was actually coming from the upper floors of the house he was responsible for? Then you ask yourself why didn 't he say something, do something, or just leave? It must have been so awful! But alas, what would a black man in the deep South at the turn of the 19th century truly have been able to do? Report the death to the authorities? He probably

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