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Without the daily interaction with people throughout our lives, life would seem very abnormal and somewhat empty. It is through these interactions in which we use and develop the art of communication. If one does not practice communication to the fullest, then that person has no method in which to express his or her feelings and emotions. This causes the emotions to be “bottled up” inside with nowhere to go. Without a way to set these bottled up emotions free, they remain inside; and this causes them to continuously run through the mind, causing the individual to ultimately shy away from the world and the other people in it. The person gradually begins living a life of loneliness. An example of such a person is the character, Emily Grierson, from William Faulkner’s short story, A Rose for Emily. Through Emily’s actions as well as the actions and dialogue of her fellow townspeople, Faulkner presents her to be stubborn, self-consumed, and proud. Throughout the first section of the