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So far in the book, Welty tells of how she really likes books how,"neither of [her] parents had come from homes that could afford to buy books, but though it must have been something of a strain on [her dad]'s salary, as the youngest officer in a young insurance company, [he] all the while carefully selecting and ordering away for what he and Mother thought [the] children should grow up with" (Welty 6). She tells of how they had a bookcase in their living room that she would always take books from.
Welty also tells of how her mother had brought a set of "Dickens" from West Virginia when she went there and how the books looked too sad and how the books have been,"thrown through the fire and water before [she] was born" (Welty 8). She says that she believes that the books were waiting on her. She also tells of how she received her own set of books as early as she could remember. The books were presented to her when she was one early Christmas morning.
When I continue to read this book, I expect for Welty to tell more of the books that she received and what they mean to her. It seems as though when she was young, she was really fond of books and she really gained a lot from them since they really did not have anything when they were younger. Her parents really valued her reading and getting most of her knowledge through books.

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Author: Eudora Welty
Title: One Writer's Beginnings
Publication Date: 1983

The book that I am currently reading is One Writer's Beginnings by Eudora Welty. The reason why I chose to read this book was because last year in Mr. Eickoff's American Literature class, we read a passage from this book and I found it pretty interesting. My expectations for this book are kind of high because I believe that the book must be a good book if they chose to make us read a passage from it in class.
So far, the book is really interesting. At the beginning , Welty talks about growing up in Mississippi. She was the oldest of four children. Welty states that they grew up to the "striking clocks" because there was a mission-style oak grandfather clock standing in their hallway. Sometimes, the clock would wake them up in the middle of the night.
Welty also states that her father loved all types of instruments and that he had the knowledge of the weather and it's skies. He would always tell them what to do if they were ever lost in a strange country. He told them to ,"Look where the sky is brightest along the horizon"(Welty 4).
Welty also had a "love for the alphabet". She states that it grew out of her reciting the alphabet everyday. She fell in love with the,"various windings, enchanted-looking initials drawn by Walter Crane at the heads of fairy tails"(Welty 9).