Eudora Welty

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The paper identifies and analyzes Eudora Welty's writing techniques in "Death of a Traveling Salesman", "Why I live at the P.O", "A Worn Path", "Lilly Daw and the Three Ladies", and "The Hitch-Hikers". The paper describes how Welty portrays people living in the South with an outsider's perspective. The paper relates that she does not use characters as tragic figures and illustrates how the detail Welty adds almost brings her characters to life. The paper also shows how Welty utilizes sarcasm and satire and seems to include a solitary theme and a theme of hopelessness in her works.

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"The 1930's were difficult times in America. The Great Depression was at its worst, and American's were beginning to give up hope for improvement. Part of President Roosevelt's New Deal, the Works Progress Administration employed over 8 million Americans. One of which was Eudora Welty, a Mississippi photographer. Through the program, Mrs. Welty had her first story published and began her career as a writer of Southern Modernism. In her first published collection, Eudora Welty is praised for her story, "The Worn Path" that fits the mold perfectly of her well-known Modernistic style. Eudora Welty, a Mississippi woman, began her job at the WPA taking photographs. As an acclaimed photographer, she took photos of The Depression the way that is actually was. Inspired by her exposure to everyday life in the Southern Depression Era, Welty began writing fiction. (Cr.nps.gov)"

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Eudora Welty House." National Park Service. 2005. 2 April 2007 <http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/feature/wom/2005/eudora.htm>.
• "Explanation of: "The Hitch-Hikers" by Eudora Welty". Lit Finder 2007. Thomson Gale Databases. Hunter College Lib., New York. 4April 2007.< http://www.litfinder.com/search/explanation.asp?R=6661024&act=A75>
• "Hitch-Hikers,The". Lit Finder 2007. Thomson Gale Databases. Hunter College Lib., New York. 4April 2007.< http://www.litfinder.com/search/worx.asp?R=777766827>
• Johnston, Carol Ann. "Eudora Welty." The Mississippi Writers Page. Feb. 1998. 2 April 2007. < http://olemiss.edu/depts/english/ms-writers/dir/welty_eudora/>
• Marrs, Suzanne. "Eudora Welty: A Biography." Washington Post. 14 Aug. 2005. 1 April 2007. < http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2005/08/11/AR2005081101450.html?nav=rss_options/colimns>.

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