I. Listening Summary and Analysis

One Writer's Beginnings by Eudora Welty is Welty's autobiography which details her childhood and certain factors which has influenced her writing career. The first chapter of the book focuses on Welty's childhood and immediate family, while the second chapter details her parents' childhoods with an emphasis on their family histories. The final chapter realigns the focal point to Eudora Welty by examining her early adulthood. One Writer's Beginnings is a very interesting and informative autobiography, written by an exceptional woman and author.

In the introductory paragraph, Eudora Welty is young enough to take a long time tying her shoes, and she listens toward the hall to hear her father upstairs shaving and her mother frying the bacon downstairs. Her parents whistle "The Merry Widow" back and forth as a duet which nearly floats with laughter, in opposition to the...