Miss Emily comes from a family who held themselves very high, although it was a maybe a little too high according to the townspeople. When Emily her father dies, she gets that special treatment from the townspeople. For example she does not have to pay taxes, because people feel bad for her when her father dies and he has loan the town a lot of money. Also when she goes to the druggist to buy arsenic poison, she does not have to explain for what she will be using it, which is a requirement according to the law. Because the townspeople feel pity for her, they give her special treatment.