Because he was a laborer and at the point in time High class people only married high class people. and it didn't help that he was a Yankee(from the North)
Emily used arsenic to poison Homer Barron.
Homer Barron is a character in William Faulkner's short story "A Rose for Emily." He is a Northerner who comes to Jefferson to work on construction projects and begins a romantic relationship with Emily Grierson. Ultimately, he disappears and is later discovered to have been dead in Emily's house. Emily's keeping of his body reveals her descent into madness.
Miss Emily killed Homer Barron so that he could never leave her. She had already suffered with her father dieing and leaving her. Then the towns people took him away and buried him. She was able to keep her crime of killing Homer a secret and she kept him locked up in the room for forty-years.
Homer Barron begins to date Miss Emily in Part III of "A Rose for Emily." He was in town as a construction foreman overseeing a project to pave the sidewalks. Emily's relationship with Homer Barron becomes a significant focus of the story.
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Homer Baron never wanted to marry Miss Emily. In the story, he stated that he wasn't the marrying kind and preferred to drink with the young men at the Elk's Club. Many readers believe he was a homosexual.
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Homer Barron, the unfortunate suitor of Emily Grierson, was not from the south.
Emily dates Homer Barron because he is a Northerner who stands out in the small Southern town of Jefferson, which excites and interests her. Additionally, Homer is a prominent figure in the town, giving Emily company and social status. She may also feel a sense of control and power in the relationship with Homer.
Homer Barron, a character in A Rose for Emily, dies and Emily keeps his body in her house. When the townsfolk enter the house after Emily's death, they see his corpse on a bed with a pillow next to it that has a strand of Emily's hair on in, indicating that she often laid next to his dead body.
After Homer Barron disappears, Miss Emily is never seen again for many years. It is later revealed that she had kept Homer's body in her house, sleeping next to it every night. When she dies, her secret is discovered, revealing the extent of her mental instability and obsession with Homer.
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