People write books for a number of different reasons. sometimes, it's simply to entertain people or tell some one about there life. Others write to make a name for themselves or to discover meaning in their lives. yet, others, like Beah write to educate, to inform and to hopefully, compel understandings and promote changes. Its pretty easy to figure out what Beah wrote his book, A Long Way Gone.
Harry S. Truman actually had no middle name. Truman's parents gave him the middle initial S to honor his grandfathers Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young. The S did not stand for a name. Chicago Style Manual informed Truman that omitting a period after his middle initial was improper grammar and a bad example for America’s youth.
Many of the names were chosen from the bible on the day of a child’s birth. Letting God choose a child’s name shows a level of faith in the parents which often results in awkward and weird names. The use of the name, Magdalena called Lena, is similar to the phrasing in the bible in names like Simon called Peter. Toni Morrison put a lot of emphasis into the characters' names in Song of Solomon. The main characters' last name of Dead has a lot of emphasis.
Many of the books we read today always contain some backstory to it. Whether it was just for fun or informational about an important topic or event. Many of these stories somehow or someway tie into an author 's life. Edgar Allan Poe is just one of these authors who have written works like The Cask of Amontillado, and “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Another author is S.E. Hinton which wrote the book The Outsiders and a Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel who wrote Night.
Another example of the author’s name choice is Charlie. The name is a diminutive of Charles which is initially made famous by Charles the Great. Charles the Great was the King of the Franks and the Italians. At one point, he led most of Europe.
For example, in the Good Country People, the name of major characters: Mrs. Hopewell, Mrs. Freeman and Hulga, symbolize their personalities and served perfectly for the theme of the story. The name of “Hopewell” seems to refer to her positivistic outlook on life and her willingness to always hope for best, but it actually signifies a hopelessness to deal with the imperfections of the society and her relationship with her daughter, as her favorite sayings, “Nothing is perfect. ”(272) And the Mrs. Freeman’s name adds even more irony to the stories, as she is free from any type of incorrectness because she will “never be brought to admit herself wrong on any point”(271), and despite the fact that she is a slave and a woman, her actual freedom is extremely limited. Also the switch of names—from Joy to Hulga— for Mrs. Hopewell’s daughter, it changes the tone of the story.
Although one’s name might seem menial in the grand scheme of things, it is a crucial part of one’s identity. By choosing to take her first husband’s last name, she was choosing to be her own person, without the obvious connection to her family that followed her wherever she went. Choosing which name she wanted to go by gave her the power to define her relationships, both with her parents and her second husband. By separating herself from the Cibber name, she was allowing herself to make her career, as well as her identity, her own, without the overbearing influence of her
For example Firoozeh, states, “When i went to college, I eventually went back to using my real name. All was well until I graduated and started looking for a job….. After three months of rejections, I added “Julie” to my resume. Call it a coincidence, but the job offers started coming in. Perhaps it’s the same kind of coincidence that keeps African Americans from getting cabs in New York.
There are many reasons that authors sometimes choose specific names for specific characters. Sometimes it is because the meaning of the name has an important significance to the character. Other times it is because they were inspired by an actual person throughout history. Whatever the true reason may be, names often define what we are recognized by. In the historical fiction novel, “Prisoner of Night and Fog” by Anne Blankman, all of the characters have a name that is specific to the character and that has a German origin.
S.E. Hinton has many more award-winning books and is happily living on a ranch in Tulsa, Oklahoma with her husband and continues to write S.E. Hinton is a pen name meaning that she assumed the name, S.E. Hinton, instead of using her real name, which is Susan Eloise Hinton. The reason why
Why do people change their name? Have you ever thought of changing you name? Why do certain authors change their name? Such as Stephen King or C.S Lewis. Although some of these writers felt they had no choice or actually had no choice at all.
The reason for this is that it is a big part of a culture, especially for the American Indians. Names are also important because it can carry a deeper meaning than just the name itself. For example, the name “Ahaun Tone Gope”, which is an Indian name, translates to “Struck across the forehead with a hatchet by the enemy. Sunray, who carries this Indian name, says that Ahaun literally was struck across the forehead with a hatchet by the enemy in a battle with the Sioux. This proves that names can have stories behind them.
There isn’t and shouldn’t be a restriction on who can and cannot change their names as an author. Men and women both have the desire to change names, such as Benjamin Franklin or J.K Rowling. According to the article “What’s in a Name?” Benjamin Franklin changed his name to a middle-aged widow, Silence Dogood, because the local newspaper turned down his publication. J.K Rowling is a woman, but is often known as a man, since people “wouldn’t take the book seriously if they knew it was written by a woman.
The first reason an author would use a pseudonym is because authors can write more with an alias than they can under their own names. An author who writes without a pseudonym can only produce one, maybe two, books per year. But an author who does have a secret pen name can release double the amount of books per year, without anyone knowing. Even Stephen King
The cause of schizophrenia is unknown however, researchers believe that a combination of genetics, environment, and brain chemistry contribute to the development of the disorder. It tends to run in families. One inherits a tendency to develop the disease. Schizophrenia may also be triggered by environmental factors. People with schizophrenia have an imbalance of brain chemicals which are neurotransmitters.
