She and her family, the Griersons, "held themselves a little too high for what they really were." (Meyer 84) He seems to have a stubborn and stubborn attitude throughout the story. The reason for this attitude is her father, who donated a good sum of money to the city and in return Miss Emily lives tax-free, which the inhabitants of the city don't like very much. Throughout the story she is continually displeased by the citizens, despite her strange behaviors. Despite the citizens' opinions, Miss Emily keeps her head held high. As Faulkner states, “she held her head pretty high even when we thought she had fallen” (Meyer 86). The relationship she had with her boyfriend was never clear among city rumors. Ultimately, it turns out that the treatment she received from her father while growing up transformed her into the person the town believes her to be. She's actually a deep-hearted woman who doesn't want the love of her life to disappear just like everything else in her life had in the past. Faulkner correctly and thoroughly characterizes the main character of "A Rose for Emily". Miss Emily, being a round, indirect and static character, is truly exposed in this writing and you can see all the details of her being from her father's upbringing to his murder.