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If someone were to ask a random person who William Faulkner was could the person tell them? William Faulkner was a well-known novelist and poet. Shaping him as a writer William Faulkner’s troubled, yet talented background, time during Great Depression, and poetry and novels made him a memorable writer. William’s troubles and talents started as a child. William Cuthbert Faulkner was born September 5, 1897 (Padgett Web) in New Albany, Mississippi (Polk Web). He was the oldest of four brothers, and was named after his great grandfather.
His parents were Maud and Murray Falkner (Padgett Web). His father, Murray, would spend much time with William, but when he was not, he was drinking. Murray was very hostile when drunk. Though, much of …show more content…

He would learn from his mistakes and make himself better, but there is an old writer he admired, John Conrad. Conrad would layer his stories putting stories inside of stories. An example of Conrad doing this is Heart of Darkness. In Conrad’s book Victory, he tells the story through the narrator but not knowing the protagonist, this technique also made William very interested. He even “borrowed” some of these writing styles for himself so his stories in the south would be better (“William” Web). William ended his writing career successfully. In January of 1962, he won the Gold Medal for Fiction from Eudora Welty. Finally, he again won the Pulitzer Prize in 1962 for his last novel The Reivers (Padgett Web). I do not think William was greatly affected by the Great Depression in his story The Sound and the Fury. His story was about the south and all the reason why they were suffering. The time period of the depression did not affect most of his writings. The person could tell them yes now, because the person knows that William Faulkner was a well-known poet and novelist. His troubled, yet talented background, time during Great Depression, and poetry and novels shaped him as a writer, making him a memorable

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