Journal 77: Pressure From Parents

The conflict between Emily and her father was that he didn't allow her to be courted by men. Her father was preventing her from finding happiness. I believe that she doesn't like her father and possibly was the one who killed him. The horsewhip was the object that kept the suitors away and was there therefore a factor of Emily's unhappiness and mental illness. The relationship that I share with my parents is far from being the same as that of Emily and her father. However there are similarities but my parents are far less extreme. They warn me of having relationships, especially at my age, because they think we are under developed mentally for a relationship. However I have seen extreme parents like that of Emily. The kids would hide the fact that they like someone or is in a relationship to avoid beatings or serious punishment by the parents. I don't think that any parent would continue to hold their children back from marriage like Emily's father did, but some just have a harder time letting go. Emily acquired that form her father she is not willing to let go of anything. Therefore she holds on to her father's body and homer's when he left her.