... colonel, and railroad financier. Born into a family of well-known names, Faulkner had to make a mark for himself. Faulkner initially started out in literature with poetry. His first book, The Marble Faun, a collection of poems, was published after the World War I while he was studying at the University of Mississippi (Scott-Kilvert, 192). Faulkner then turned directions and began to write ... issues which are common to our modern world. The modern world is in moral confusion. " His main goal was to capture moral values in his stories. From the black and white era to the slavery era, Fau...

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... career as a soldier in the Civil War and the Mexican War. Colonel Falkner was also a writer like his great-grandson and published one of the nation's best sellers called "The White Rose of Memphis". Before being assassinated by a former partner in 1889, Colonel Falkner also took the time to build a railroad and run for public office. Faulkner received his initial education ... to his promiscuous time he spent reading. Faulkner had started writing poetry as a young schoolboy. In 1924, he used his own financial resources and published a collection of poetry called "The Marble Faunn". He m...

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