During a time when the world was still reeling from the casualties of World War II, William Faulkner, an author and a poet accepted a Nobel Prize for his phenomenal writing. In the speech, Faulkner’s purpose is to talk to the young audience members who may face the same desolation and hardship he once did. Throughout the speech he talks about how young authors battle with their fear overcoming the work they produce. He also mentions that they must learn to defeat said fear. In the first paragraph, He immediately began to establish his ethos. He does this by using the statement, “I feel like this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work”. The example in the previous sentence helps prove that he is building his ethos because it shows