Irene Hunt Biography Irene Hunt was born on May 18, 1907 ,in Illinois. When she was six years old her family moved away to Newton, Illinois. She lost her father in 1914. She attended the University of Illinois. She graduated with a BA (Bachelor of the Arts). After she attended the University of Minnesota to earn a MA (Masters Degree). From 1930 to 1945 she taught English and French to schools in Oak Park,Illinois. Her book “across five aprils” won the Charles W. Follett Award. Her next book called “Up a Road Slowly” won the Newbery Medal in 1967 her foruth novel “No Promises in the Wind” It won a Friends of Literature Award and Charles W. Follett Award in 1971. Irene Hunt died on May 18, 2001, in Savoy, Illinois, on her 94th birthday. Her
Marilyn Reynolds is the author of Detour for Emmy. She is an English teacher in Los Angeles County. Marilyn is the author of numerous essays that have been published in many national newspapers, library magazines, professional journals, and autobiographies. Her students help her to keep in touch with the reality of today's teens; she then puts these realities into her writing. Detour for Emmy was inspired by her own experiences and those of her students. (5)
"At Peace with Her Past." Contemporary Literary Criticism, edited by Jeffrey W. Hunter, vol. 299, Gale, 2011. Literature Resource Center, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GLS&sw=w&u=txshrpub100222&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CH1100103469&asid=7f683946c2bc4511d88e9f5fa1560d26. Accessed 17 Nov. 2017. Originally published in News & Observer, 19 Jan. 2007.
Lee developed an interest in English Literature while attending high school. After graduation in 1944, she attended Huntington College, later transferred to the University of Alabama where she worked on the school newspaper and was editor of the humor magazine “Rammer Jammer.” During her junior year, Lee transferred to the law division. After her first year of law school she left and went to Oxford University in England as an exchange stud...
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“A Worn Path” is a short story written by Eudora Welty. It is based on an elderly African-American grandmother named Phoenix Jackson, who goes for a walk to the town of Natchez on a cold December morning to get some medicine for her ailing grandson. This story speaks of the obstacles Phoenix endured along the way and how she overcame them. The theme, central idea or message that the author wishes to convey to his or her readers, in “A Worn Path” is one of determination. Phoenix Jackson is determined to get to Natchez, in order to get medicine for her grandson; she does not let any obstacles get in her way. The theme of determination is shown in many ways throughout this short story.
Stein, Karen F. "Amy Tan." Critical Survey of Short Fiction, Second Revised Edition (2001): 1-3. Literary Reference Center Plus. EBSCO. Web. 13 Apr. 2011.
Irene is an ambitious oriented professional with strong people skills and the ability to learn new concepts quickly. She has been a stay at home mom for the past two and half years but is excited to reenter the workforce with a company where she can call home. Irene owned her own business prior to moving to Portland where she managed the day to day budget, forecasting, payroll, collections, accounts payable, accounts receivable, as well as resolving any customer concerns or issues. In 2013, Irene relocated to the Portland area where she married and they began a new family.
Martha C. Chase was born in Cleveland, Ohio on November 30, 1927. In 1950, she received her bachelor of science from the College of Wooster and then continued schooling at the University of Southern California where she earned her Ph.D. in 1964. She was known for a little in the 1950s, as Martha Epstein since marrying Richard Epstein another scientist, but later divorced.
Welty, Eudora. “A Worn Path.” Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing. Ed. Edgar V. Roberts. 4th Compact Ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2008, pp. 95-100.
“Louisa, Please Come Home,” by Shirley Jackson, is a first-person narrative story that tells the experience of Louisa in the small town of Rockville during the 1950s. In fact, there are six characters in this story. The protagonists of this story are Louisa Tether, Mrs. Peacock, Carol Tether, Mr. Peacock, Mrs. Peacock, and Paul. Carol and Louisa are sisters, and the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Tether. Paul is a neighbor of the Tether family, and Mrs. Peacock owns the rooming house where Louisa Tether lives. Mr. and Mrs. Tether, Mrs. Peacock, and Paul worked together to solve the problem of Louis running away from home. The main character Louisa Tether is a nineteen-year-old-girl, who is fair-haired, five feet four inches tall, and weights one hundred twenty-six pounds. Her personality could be described as intelligent, impudent, and organized. The following scenes from the book exemplify these three personality traits throughout the story. Shirley Jackson shows the life of Louisa, and ultimately the aspects of this character’s personality shine.
Murphy, Bernice M. Shirley Jackson: Essays on the Literary Legacy. Jefferson, NC: McFarland &, 2005. Print.
Bradstreet, Anne. "The Author to her Book." An Introduction to Poetry. Ed. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 13th ed. New York: Longman, 2010. 21. Print.
had written the novel in hope it would be read by people of her day