One Writer's Beginnings By Eudora Welty Analysis

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

home in the basket of my bicycle.” Welty recalls the rush of excitement she felt when she received a new batch of books. Significant details such as the feeling from a certain situation can show how important the experiences were. Welty was able to recall a feeling from her childhood letting the reader know how significant the experiences were.
Welty created images of how her mother used to read. Her mother reading so often made Welty be inspired and guided her to read. “Now, I think of her as reading so much of the time while doing something else.” Her mother was constantly reading and that is how Welty describes her mother, as a bookworm. Her mother was always reading no matter the time, place or activity. Her mother’s love for reading impacted Welty’s experiences so much, she inherited the passion for reading.
Welty’s language conveys the intensity and importance of these experiences by her word choice, use of detail and imagery to show the reader how her writing skills came to be.