How does the townspeople's shift in attitude about the taxes reflect wider social and econo mic changes in the south?

This story encompasses decades within a very short space. The days of family favors are over the Southern Belle is no longer a young woman who's father refuses to allow her to marry. The town was in the midst of progress while Emily stayed in the past. Construction, taxes, mail boxes all of these things passed her by. As a young woman, she believed herself above the townspeople.

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"the sandy walls seemed to collapse in on themselves"

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"the bloodshot waters seemed to have no bottom"