As the story progresses, the main character, a young girl incorporates her crush on a young boy with the sights at the beach. He or she could feel as though he or she were a part of the story instead of someone only looking in. This description helps the reader to be involved in the story.
Welty’s long sentence structure and word usage allows the reader to feel as though he or she were the one sitting on the beach. From my position I was looking through a rectangle brightly lit, actually glaring at me with sun, sand, water, a little pavilion, a few solitary people in fixed attitudes, and around it all a border of dark rounded oak trees, like that engraved thunderclouds surrounding illustrations in the bible”(Welty,75). “The water shone like steel, motionless except for the feathery curl behind a distant swimmer. The short story “A Memory” opens up with a clear visual image. The descriptive passages in her fiction bring about vibrant images in the readers’ mind. The in-depth accounts that she writes of jump off of the page and into the readers’ imagination. Eudora Welty’s ability to observe created her talent to precisely tell situations as they would be seen. Welty’s happy childhood and serene life is reflected in her fiction. She was fascinated by sounds and sights, human voices and the changing of seasons.
Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi, on April 13, 1909. Her stories explore common everyday life. Eudora Welty’s writings are light- hearted and realistic. “Without the love and belief my family gave me, I could not have become a writer to begin with” (Welty, IX). Welty credits her family for her success. To learn more about our books and journals programs, please visit us at our website.Eudora Welty’s writing style and use of theme and setting aided her in becoming one of the greatest writers of all time. UNC Press publishes over 100 new books annually, in a variety of disciplines, in a variety of formats, both print and electronic. Many of our journal issues are also available as ebooks. UNC Press publishes journals in a variety of fields including Early American Literature, education, southern studies, and more.
#THE WIDE NET EUDORA WELTY FULL#
For a full listing of Institute books on click here.
More information can be found about the Omohundro Institute and its books at the Institute's website. UNC Press is also the proud publisher for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture in Williamsburg, Virginia. The purpose of the Press, as stated in its charter, is "to promote generally, by publishing deserving works, the advancement of the arts and sciences and the development of literature." The Press achieved this goal early on, and the excellence of its publishing program has been recognized for more than eight decades by scholars throughout the world.
#THE WIDE NET EUDORA WELTY PROFESSIONAL#
Founded in 1922, the Press is the creation of that same distinguished group of educators and civic leaders who were instrumental in transforming the University of North Carolina from a struggling college with a few associated professional schools into a major university. The University of North Carolina Press is the oldest university press in the South and one of the oldest in the country.