Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Facebook?!



Miss Emily's Facebook page has very little information. She only has three friends, Colonel Sartoris, Homer Barron (both who haven't signed on in a while) and her servant Tobe. Miss Emily has only one photo, a silhouette of her face through a window; the only image anyone outside her home ever sees. Her privacy settings don't allow anyone to see any of her pictures or personal information. Her status is "engaged to Homer Barron" and has been that way for months. Her wall consists of old conversations with Colonel Sartoris, and Homer Barron, and a few recent ones with Tobe. Miss Emily's Facebook page has no applications or games that would clutter her page.

Colonel Sartoris: You are exempt from paying taxes because of what your father did for our town.
Miss Emily: Thank you Colonel.
(...years later)
Miss Emily: Colonel Sartoris, a man came by my home and told me I had to pay taxes, tell them at once that I have no taxes in Jefferson!


Miss Emily: Tobe, buy some bread for Homer and I.
Tobe: Yes'm.
Miss Emily: Remember not to mention ANYTHING to anyone when you go outside the house.
Tobe: Yes'm.


Miss Emily: Homer! Where have you gone off to? My cousins are now gone for good. Please come home!
Homer Barron
: I will come home as soon as I'm done with my meeting in the Elk's Club.
Miss Emily: Good, don't you ever leave again.


Miss Emily's Facebook page is very private, because she doesn't want anyone to know what she has been doing inside her home. She has only one very old picture so no one knows what she looks like today. Miss Emily has hundreds of friend requests, but declines them all to keep her life private. Not much is known about Miss Emily Grierson, and she likes it that way. The only people she is (or was) in contact with, besides Tobe, are dead. Miss Emily does not like to socialize with others because she is the last of her generation and does not wish to socialize with people she did not grow up with. The only sources of information about Miss Emily the public gets is of gossip. Rumors are passed from person to person, slightly changing every time it is passed, which make them unreliable and others very curious.

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