Academic Writing

Word count: 500+ words MLA format and documentation required Faulkner once stated,: “The problem of the human heart in conflict with itself {…} alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat.“ Discuss any TWO Faulkner’s stories discussed in class (“Dry September,” “A Rose for Emily” and/or “Barn Burning”) as a representation of their main characters’ “conflicts with themselves.” How do their internal conflicts affect their own lives and the lives of others? Do these conflicts influence their social environments? Are they resolved at the end of the stories? Support your ideas by closely analyzing quotes form the story you chose to analyze.