In the story "A Rose of Emily" by Faulkner, compare Homer Barron to the character of Emily's father.

It would be difficult to find similarities between the two
men, other than their involvement in Emily's life, but the differences are sharp and
significant. Emily's father was selfish and domineering, a product of the genteel Old
South, bound by its traditions and social roles. As head of the exalted Grierson family,
he demanded complete devotion and obedience from his daughter, not allowing her to
pursue a life of her own. When Emily was a young woman, her father drove away her
suitors, keeping her at home and under his control, for his own comfort and
satisfaction.

Homer Barron, in contrast, was a Yankee and a
construction worker, a strong, attractive, masculine figure who came into Emily's life
quite unexpectedly. Homer had no regard for the finer points of the Southern class
system, flaunting his affair with Emily in a very public manner. As they drove through
the streets together in an open carriage, their behavior was considered scandalous by
the citizens of Jefferson. Homer represented all that the gentle people of Jefferson
deplored, and he was above all, a Yankee. In pursuing her relationship with Homer, Emily
was repudiating her father's values, his control, and her own social position in
Jefferson--another controlling force in her life.