Faulkner Worth The Agony And The Sweat Summary

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American writer, William Faulkner in his speech, “Speech Accepting the Nobel Prize in Literature 1950,” suggest that literature should be written from the heart, with passion and experience.He develops his message through repeated words and word phrases. Specifically, in paragraph one Faulkner uses words such as “agony” and “sweat” to emphasize that these words can only occur off of hard work and passion itself; Further, in paragraph two he says “worth writing about”, “worth the agony and the sweat”. Faulkner is explaining that throughout your journey of writing if you don't experience some sort of hardship your ]writing is not up to par. Finally, in paragraph four Faulkner, lets us know that “[M]an is immortal” “[A] soul, a spirit capable

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