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Analyzing William Faulkner's Banquet Speech

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Writer, William Faulkner in his encouraging acceptance speech, “Banquet Speech,” suggests that writing should be passionate and moving and writers should be inspired to create an art that has an impact through the use of universal internal conflict. He supports his claim by using vivid description of what is impactful and dull in writing, “He writes not of the heart but of the glands;” he talks of the “universal physical fear” which is internal conflict that everyone deals with in their lives. Additionally, Faulkner directs his language to the future writers of the world, “The young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart” as to help guide them with what the standard for impeccable writing should be, which
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