One Writer's Beginnings By Eudora Welty Analysis

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In “One Writer’s Beginnings” by Eudora Welty, she thinks back to how her experiences as a child paved the path to her career as a writer. Welty’s language conveys the intensity and value of the experience by word choice, imagery and use of detail. Welty’s word choice describes the impact left on her memory. Welty uses words that show the impact of her experiences like “dragon eye” when describing her librarian. Welty stated, “She herself spoke in her normally commanding voice…”. Welty remembering the tone of voice can let the reader know how often she went to the library and how much it impacted her life. Welty’s use of detail conveys the intensity and value well. “So two by two, I read library books as fast as I could go, rushing them

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