American writer William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi in 1897. Much of his early work was poetry, but he became famous for his novels set in the American South, frequently in his fabricated Yoknapatawpha County. Faulkner came from a very old, proud, and distinguished Southern family, which included a Confederate colonel, a governor, and prosperous businessmen. Each generation of the family dynasty yielded further disappointment until rock bottom was hit with Faulkner. Throughout his life, Faulkner faced a variety of failures and struggles. Starting with his education, Faulkner flunked out of both high school and the University of Mississippi. His failures continued into his personal life with the rejection of his marriage proposal to a childhood friend and his rejection from the army. In an attempt to redeem himself, Faulkner joined the Canadian Royal Air Force; however, the war ended before he got any action. Faulkner then returned home to Mississippi with an Air Force officer uniform and pretended to be a war hero. …show more content…
However, it was not until he was inspired by the advice of novelist Sherwood Anderson to write about his native region of Mississippi that Faulkner became the Southern writer history reveres. In 1929 with Sartoris, Faulkner began his famous series of novels and stories set in the fictitious Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. These books include The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Absalom, Absalom!, Intruder in the Dust, as well many short stories which include “A Rose for Emily,” “Wash,” “A Justice,” and “Red