A Rose for Emily 8

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…in a place of superiority. In our society today, we continue to play this same game with celebrities. It is a one sided, voyeuristic approach to understanding another person. They do not understand Emily as a real person, nor do they care. A lack of interaction caused by their detachment of her from society prevents her from being considered as human. They use her instead as an escape from the evaluation of their own shortcomings.