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A 2.5 page biographical consideration of one of America’s most beloved authors. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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But in life, nothing was ever easy because William Faulkner was a man of great complexities. Born William Cuthbert Falkner (he added the "u" later because he thought
it looked more continental) in New Albany, Mississippi on September 25, 1897, he was the oldest of Murry and Maud Butler Falkners four sons (Dasher 158). He always took
great pride in his familys illustrious Southern heritage, which became fodder for his novels of post Civil War Mississippi, where the plantation culture still loomed large. After relocating with
his family to Oxford, Mississippi, young Billys creativity was encouraged by his mother, who introduced him to the literary classics she adored as a child (Harmon 96). Faulkners first
and foremost passion would be writing in all forms - whether it was poems (he remained a frustrated and unsuccessful poet throughout his lifetime), short stories and novels. During
his youth, Faulkner also cultivated his love for animals, particularly horses, which developed while lending a hand at his fathers livery stable (Dasher 159). Although painfully shy and often
alienated from his peers, he enjoyed sports and played high school football and loved the male bonding ritual of hunting (Dasher 159). This was only the first of many
contradictions that would emerge in William Faulkner that would make his life more difficult than writing a prize-winning novel. Faulkners first love was Estelle Oldham, but her family pushed her
into marriage with the more socially suitable Cornell Franklin (Dasher 159). The devastated Faulkner then enlisted in World War I, hoping to fall into the footsteps of his revered
great-grandfather, William Clark Falkner, known as "Old Colonel." Rejected for service because of his 56 height and his frail health, he simply had papers forged that stated his
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