William Faulkner

William Faulkner won a Nobel Prize for writing. He never liked giving speeches, however he was forced to when he spoke in front of an audience when he received his prize. This was after World War II. He describes his inspirations in his speech. Writing uplifts the human spirit. His work was inspired from life itself to create his pieces. That is how he received the Nobel Prize.

In his speech, he talks about receiving the Nobel Prize. He felt that the prize wasn’t for him, but for his work. He wasn’t doing it for the glory, but for the people and the "human spirit". The prize was a "pinnacle" for him, and for all other writers, and hope that they can get to where he is.

Most of the writers were writing about pain. Most of them pondered about the "end of life", and wondered if it would be happening soon. Faulkner was a post WWII writer. People of his time were nervous and scared about WWII, with the nuclear bombs and weapons. After that, people started to write about other things, and forgetting about the nervousness and the war.

Faulkner feels that people write better without fear. Human goodness and truth started to reappear. Value and humanity was written once again. No matter what happens people are still writing. Mankind will prevail. Spirit will uplift the world. He liked writing to make people feel good in different ways. He also felt that poets and writers were the cornerstone of life.

If there isn’t any writing about love and goodness, we would be living in a lifeless society. Humans wouldn’t be as good as we are. People would have bad attitude with out literature that shows compassion and human goodness. Writing uplifts the human spirit, which is what Faulkner did.