English Midterm Exam 2014 Essay

The story I chose to analyze is “Why I Live at the P.O.” by Eudora Welty. The author, Eudora Wetly, is originally from Mississippi from a prosperous family, she was born in 1909 and passed away in 2001.During her early days she worked at small places involved with writing until she launched her literary career. ‘Why I Live at the P.O’ is about sibling rivalry and favoritism among family. My thesis states that this story shows a good example of favoritism among families and good insight from the outcast.

Would let your young child read the story of Elsie Dinsmore a young heroine that is force by her father to practice on the piano for hours on end? Eudora Welty’s mother forbid her from reading those stories because she was “to impressionable”. The language convey in the autobiography shows the sentimental feelings the author has for her mother; the reason Ms. Welty enjoys reading so much is because of her mother.

Similar to must women in this study, Anna is a wife, trying to survive the war, while her husband is off fighting in the war. The letters that survived Anna are written at the end of the war through the assassination of President Lincoln. Her letters bring in site into the life of a wife who is left behind to tend the home, family, and finical affairs while the men went off to fight. Her letters reveal the changing roles to adopt to during men's jobs. Anna handles the affair around their farm, that her husband would have handle in normal circumstances. Anna, also wrote of the grieving republic at the death of Lincoln, and the effect of the loss of life on families.

Throughout the story, the grandmother is in conflict with her family due to not being able

The author uses the narratives told to her by her maternal grandmother to recreate a

as a narrator so he himself can enter the story and tell it out of his own

“Please, Mama!” begged Nancy and Mary, “We want you to tell a story,” they said in unison, interrupting her thoughts. Then Martha joined in, wanting a story too. Charity scanned the faces of her boys, but they were busy, whittling on pieces of wood. Aaron looked up; probably because he could feel his mother’s eyes on him. Charity was remembering when they, too, use to beg for all the stories of her ancestors that were passed down from generation to generation. She had hoped that they, too, would keep this tradition going forth into the newer generations to come.

The pressure the unknown narrator goes through brings out his strengths. He shows many strengths with

In the autobiography "One Writer's Beginnings" by Eudora Welty, Welty reminisces on past experiences and writes vividly about them. The autobiography tells about Welty's life story and expresses how high of a value she places on these experiences. This essay will show how the language used in the autobiography conveys the intensity and value placed on the experiences. Welty's diction in her autobiography is informed and it connects to readers on a common level. In her autobiography she informs readers of her childhood experiences with Mrs. Calloway.

1.) Yes, there are enough examples because it added interest and persuasion. And yes, they do represent as a “reasonable cross section”. It is because the examples were connected to real life situations.

Ones passion will always be stopped by a tyrant or hardship, but one has to put in the best effort to overcome as well as gain support. Eudora’s explanations of her mother, librarian, and herself emanates her enjoyment along with attachment to reading. Eudora correlates her librarian to a monster who brings

narrator presents him as the protagonist with the intention of provoking the sympathy of the audience.

The fact that the interviewee grew up in a loving family justified some of the interviewee’s behaviors. Since his childhood, the interviewee was taught the importance of preserving his heritage. The fact that the interviewee’s father remained married to his mother until he died a few years ago seemed to be of great importance to the interviewee.

When first reading “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, the overriding theme to me was in the revelation Mama had in discovering that Maggie, who was right in front of her, was more deserving of her love and admiration than Dee who she always placed on a pedestal throughout her life. In retrospect, after completing this course, the story goes much deeper than that in defining the true meaning of heritage and tradition and why this is so important in preserving a family’s legacy through the years.

The first question that popped to my head: “How am I going to write my own autobiography? Quite a hard job that is! Where do I start?” Everyone has a story that is worthwhile to share. So for my folio, I decided to write a memoir to pay tribute to my dear grandmother Josiane, who provided me with pieces of a precious belonging, revealing her joyous secrets of life in the process. This purpose of this outline will cover three sections: first, you will learn what I have planned to write about, and why. Secondly, I will be a describing the techniques I have used in my Folio. And finally, learn about the difficulties encountered and which methods help me continue the project.