Sunday, October 26, 2008

Miss Emily's Facebook

Basic Information
Networks: Grierson Family
Sex: Female
Relationship Status: Married
Interested In: Men
Political Views: Libertarian
Religious Views: Atheist

Personal Information
Activities: Arsenic poisoning, sleeping with my dead husband, visiting with my cousins.
Interests: Finding someone to spend the rest of my life with, spending quality time with my house and my housekeeper.
Favorite Music: Classical, Opera, Jazz
Favorite TV Shows: Desperate Housewives, All My Children, General Hospital
Favorite Movies: Pride and Prejudice, The Phantom of the Opera, Marie Antoinette
Favorite Books: Hamlet, Dracula
Favorite Quotes: "A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she's left." -Marilyn Monroe
About Me: My name is Emily and I am the last in my royal family. My father died when I was young and the guy I loved didn't want to be with me. I live in my house all alone with my housekeeper. I do not have many friends and I prefer to be left alone.

As for the rest of Miss Emily's facebook, I think she would have a lot of friends on her friend list, but they would be there only as aquantices, not as true friends. She would have just a few photos, maybe one of her and her father. I think she would have a lot of applications on her facebook, mostly from taking different quizzes and tests. I believe she had much free time and a lot of that time may be spent doing pointless things, such as facebook application quizzes. I put her status as married, even though she's not, because I think she would pretend that her and Homer were married. I put Libertarian as political views because she ignored the taxes every year, signifying that maybe she doesn't care that much about government. I also made her religious views atheist because she doesn't seem to have any religious views. As for her favorite things, I went along the general theme of things that were sad and sort of depressing, like soap operas and classical music. 

Conversation between Emily and Homer
Miss Emily: Hey Honey, when are you going to come and visit me again?
Homer: Emily, I am just so busy, but I will get there when I can.
Miss Emily: Okay, I can't wait to see you!

3 comments:

Stephanie said...

I appreciate your feedback on my thesis.

I just finished my facebook profile for Miss Emily, and contrasting your fabricated profile to mine is very interesting. I imagined Miss Emily to be very limiting on the information she posted, so I left out most of the personal information. Reading your hypothesized interests, however made me think about how each pertained to Miss Emily's character. I especially like the quote you chose from Marilyn Monroe; one of Miss Emily's reason for poisoning Homer was so he would not leave her. Also I agree with your choice of religious view; there is no element of religion in her life and she shows no interest in the supernatural.

english 3 said...

I liked your facebook for Miss Emily alot especially in her activites section where you say "i like to sleep with my dead husband". And the conversation seems very much what she would say since she wants so badly ot marry Homer but he does not want to.

Chea!! said...

I liked your facebook entry for Miss Emily. I like the fact that you suggest Miss Emily would be involved in many superficial activities like watching soap operas and have many friends as acquaintances instead of true friends. I also thought it was funny how you make her a Libertarian because of her unwillingness to pay taxes.