Eudora Welty

Eudora Welty, author of famous novel The Optimist’s Daughter, is know for her exquisite literary works. Welty is a Mississippi native, having attended Jackson High School where she first engaged with her literary strengths. The Optimist’s Daughter is renown novel, arguably Welty’s best work— winning a Pulitzer Prize. The J.D William’s library at the University of Mississippi obtains several copies of the novel in English, French, Chinese, and Tybaniese which provides evidence of the popularity…

Death is one of the main elements in gothic literature, and can be seen in And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie and “Death of a Traveling Salesman” by Eudora Welty. In Christie’s And Then There Were None (1939), ten characters were invited to Soldier Island, which is a gothic setting because it was a remote island. Throughout the story, characters start to turn up as missing and are pronounced dead. The whole story is a series of murders that are trying to be solved. In contrast, in…

consider things from his point of view.” Harper Lee’s quote contrasts to Eudora Welty’s story, “Why I live at the P.O.” because the narrator is in the first-person viewpoint and the protagonist does not account for other perspectives, such as her sister, Stella-Rondo’s, point of view. Throughout the story, the protagonist would not listen to her sister; however, if she would have, she may not have had to leave her family in the end. Welty wrote in the first-person point of view, which does not…

Contemporary Fiction America has been around for two hundred and thirty nine years and throughout these years we have seen much change in our nation especially after our wars. The postwar period brought much change to America, mainly focusing on the literature that followed after. After the wars, Americans did not know what to do. We were a unsettled nation wanting answers, but we never lost our spirit. In the writings of contemporary fiction, we have writers who are showing these in their…

Contrast is to compare in order to show unlike news or differences. Whether two people have different morals, opinions, manners, or ways of life the outcome from the differences can vary. People 's relationships could either become weaker or stronger due to differences. There are no two people that are completely alike, there will always be little things that will not make them similar. Differences can either separate or unite people, it all depends on each person’s personality.…

“How are students supposed to learn if they can’t see a colorful data wall? How are they going to develop necessary life skills if they don’t see a class objective every day? How are students supposed to become more knowledgeable if we don’t interrupt daily studies for mandated tests?” Surprisingly, it is not lazy students complaining, but teachers that often make such sarcastic remarks. It is not only students that are irritated and aware of the problem with our school system, the teachers…

The fiction of McCullers focuses on the portrayal of physically distorted bodies. In particular thecharacters from The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and The Ballad of the Sad Café represent a variety of physical anomalies. McCullers’ grotesque characters depict the loneliness of man and his incapacity to love each other. She portrays a dark and somber world devoid of sympathy, care, love and closeness in these novels that have no even a single normal character. This paper will also stretch the scope…

Introduction Katherine Anne Porter was born in 1890 and died in 1980. She was one of the influential authors of her age. She has won several prizes; including the Pulitzer Prize. Apart from her literary identity, she is also known as a political activist. She has been widely influenced from the literary atmosphere of 20th. century. She was born in a wealthy southern family. Her southern ancestry and childhood played an important role in her literary identity. In The Norton Anthology of…

Jones (1921-1977), From Here to Eternity (1951) Herman Wouk (1915- ), The Winds of War (1971) Southern Writers Katherine Ann Porter (1890-1980) Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964)’s novel Wise Blood (1952), short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” Eudora Welty (1909-2001) Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989)’s novel All the King’s Men (1946) won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. He received Pulitzer Prizes for poetry twice. He is only person to have won Pulitzer Prizes for both fiction and poetry.…

Putting her right foot out, she mounted the log and shut her eyes. Lifting her skirt, leveling her cane fiercely before her like a festival figure in some parade, she began to march across. Then she opened her eyes and she was safe on the other side. 'I wasn't as old as I thought,' she said. But she sat down to rest. She spread her skirts on the bank around her and folded her hands over her knees. Up above her was a tree in a pearly cloud of mistletoe. She did not dare to close her eyes,…