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Faulkner grew up in Mississippi in the beginning of the twentieth century (“William Faulkner” 699).  He was the son to Murray C. and Maud Butler Faulkner (Hoffman 13).  Growing up in the South in the early 1900’s meant being exposed to harsh racism.  He watched the blacks endure unbelievable amounts of cruelty and was amazed at how the blacks conducted themselves with such dignity. He witnessed, first hand, what discrimination is and could not comprehend why this …

…does not make his writings any easier to read.  For example in “The Bear” and in "Barn Burning,” Faulkner consistently uses “hit” instead of “it.”  He has a very down to Earth theme throughout his works: The theme being the coming of age type issue.  All the stories I wrote about contain this maturing theme in one way or another.  Faulkner is both a writer and a teacher-there is much to learn from his works.