In her autobiography, entitled One Writer’s Beginnings (1983), Eudora Welty claims that her childhood experiences directly influenced her occupation as an author. Welty supports her claim using imagery, parallelism, metaphors, diction, and lists. Using a nostalgic tone Welty writes to a general audience. Eudora Welty describes childhood memories in order to allow readers to fully understand the value and intensity of these experiences.
In the beginning of the excerpt from her autobiography, Welty describes the intimidating nature of the librarian. In describing Ms. Calloway working at her desk, Welty writes “[she kept] her dragon eye on the front door.” In this use of imagery she is able to convey how seriously Ms. Calloway took her job and the intensity of which she worked. Welty allows the readers to visualize the intense, eerie qualities of the librarian through this metaphor. …show more content…
Calloway. Using parallelism, she ties the main idea of this paragraph together: despite Ms. Calloway’s deterring ways, Welty was forced to undergo extremes in order to pursue her love of reading. Ms. Calloway was especially picky when it came to dress: “if you were a girl, she sent her strong eyes down the stair to test you; if she could see through your skirt she sent you straight back home: you could just put on another petticoat if you wanted a book that badly from the public library.” By including this example, Welty allows readers to see how strict Ms. Calloway was and how many challenges Welty had to overcome to pursue her love of
In the beginning of the excerpt from her autobiography, Welty describes the intimidating nature of the librarian. In describing Ms. Calloway working at her desk, Welty writes “[she kept] her dragon eye on the front door.” In this use of imagery she is able to convey how seriously Ms. Calloway took her job and the intensity of which she worked. Welty allows the readers to visualize the intense, eerie qualities of the librarian through this metaphor. …show more content…
Calloway. Using parallelism, she ties the main idea of this paragraph together: despite Ms. Calloway’s deterring ways, Welty was forced to undergo extremes in order to pursue her love of reading. Ms. Calloway was especially picky when it came to dress: “if you were a girl, she sent her strong eyes down the stair to test you; if she could see through your skirt she sent you straight back home: you could just put on another petticoat if you wanted a book that badly from the public library.” By including this example, Welty allows readers to see how strict Ms. Calloway was and how many challenges Welty had to overcome to pursue her love of