Question

with the perspective you now have about Eudora Welty,provide evidence from the text regarding how her childhood experiences may have contributed to her purpose and tone as a writer.

Answer 1

There were a god number of Eudora's childhood experiences and characteristics that could be related to the text:

1. She was the third child; the only girl, with three brothers.

2. She had a penchant for reading because that her mother, who was a school teacher, believed that, "Any room in our house, at any time in the day, was there to read in or to be read to".

3. Eudora’s parents had the habit of reading books to each other in the evenings. This significantly contributed to Eudora's desire to write books.

4. Eudora’s father loved gadgets and machines. This was instrumental to Eudora’s love for all things mechanical, so she made use of technology symbolism in her stories.