The
main
idea
presented
in William Faulkner's
acceptance
speech
in
the
Nobel Prize
for
literature
regarding
the
manner
in which
the
preservation
of
mankind
is
the
responsibility
of
the
writer
,
how
man-kind should
succeed
and
bear
all
the
conflicts
of
the
heart
,
and
it
is
the
duty
of
the
writer
to
write
about
these
things
.
He
identified
the
subject
as
the
conflict
between
the
human
heart
and
the
human
himself. In
Williams’s
speech
,
he
connects
the
purpose
of
the
protection
of
writers
and
the
safeguarding of
mankind
.
He
formulates
the
writers
believe
that
for
mankind
to triumph
and
endure
,
writers
have
to
obligate
to
writing
the
issue
of
mankind
's
conflicts
.
He
does
not
only
make
it
their
duty
but also
inspire
them to a
paragon
of a
vast
writer
.
He
is
asserting
that
the
writer
currently
does
no
longer
centers
on
issues
that can be
known
by
all
.
He
says
each
individual
can
comprehend
the
love
,
mercy
,
sacrifice
, etc. as
we
go
through
these
things
in
life
. Faulkner
offers
the
writers
guidance
that
when
they
are
writing
,
they
should
write
about
the
heart
, from
the
heart
,
and
for
the
heart
.
He
,
therefore
,
succeeds
his
speech
's
purposed
goal
by
using
letters
of
support
to
change
writers
to
write
with
compassion
and
from
the
heart
, by
use
of antonyms
all
over his
speech
to
show
his
contrasting
idea
and
to
stress
his
idea
for
writers
to be
good
writers
,
and
using
same
sentence
structure
to
stress
the
significance
of a
writer
's
inspiration
towards a
character
.
In
the
pieces
of
fiction
that are
either
assigned
or
unassigned,
we
end
up
becoming
the
witnesses
to
the
struggle
of a
character
with himself
and
the
end
outcome
of
the
struggle
that
shows
the
real
character
. In
this
assigned
piece
of
fiction
, William Faulkner
reveals
his
own
character
with
the
struggle
he
used
to
achieve
his
works
of
literature
.
Having
been
born
in
Mississippi
, Faulkner relied
heavily
at
times
on
family
teachings
for
his
works
of
literature
;
he
relied
even
more
broadly from his
skills
of his geographic
region
and
also
from his
sharp
approach
into
human
nature
.
He
,
therefore
,
had
the
experiences
as
he
grew
up
especially
the
family
knowledge
and
teachings
.
These
teachings
,
experiences
and
knowledge
from his
family
became
the
basis
of
most
of his
novel
's
main
characters
. Faulkner
isolated
in a
tiny
southern
town
, in a
way
,
developed
and
learned
effectively
to
use
his
approach
into
human
character
as
he
stayed
watching
the
world
around him.
He
made
use
of
the
things
he
observed
in
the
lives
of
simple
individuals
with
modest
needs
to
make
the
realistic
composite
characters
whose
presences
so
fier.
15. isolated
in a
tiny
southern
town
, in a
way
,
developed
and
learned
effectively
to
use
his
approach
into
human
character
as
he
stayed
watching
the
world
around him.
He
17. fiercely
dominate
his
best
works
.
In his quote "The Only Thing Worth Writing About Is The
Human Heart In
Conflict
With Itself" Faulkner
was
signifying
that
the
foundation
of
good
fiction
, be
it
poetry
or
else
prose,
comes
from
inside
34. ".
He
,
therefore
,
sees
a
writer
as a
booster
of
the
human
heart
, which
is
shown
in
the
character
presented
by him.
65/100 D
You write well. You have broken down Faulkner’s speech. Now
is the time to apply the concept chosen to two readings. Look
to the syllabus to get the full topic for this assignment.
You can choose two Faulkner characters or two characters from
other stories.
And in these explore why it is important that the character come
to terms with an inner struggle? What is the inner struggle and
what does it mean and reveal about the character?
35. Safe Assign resulted in 37% matching. This is from using the
information and potentially other websites regarding Faulkner’s
words and meaning. Some matching is expected, in cases of
Works Cited page, quoting, and general statements.
Make sure to always use your own words and paraphrase
wherever possible. Avoid block quotes if they do not enhance
the topic you are on.
Work
Cited
Faulkner, William. "Speech Accepting
the
Nobel Prize in Literature." American Rhetoric.
Stockholm Sweden. 10
December
1950.
Web
. 5
October
2010.
Liukkonen, Petri. "William (Cuthbert) Faulkner (1897-1962) -
original
surname
until
1924
Falkner," 2008.
Web
. 5 October 5, 2010.