Eudora Weltys The Ponder Heart: A Southern Journey :: Eudora Welty The Ponder Heart

Eudora Weltys The Ponder Heart A southerly Journey Imagine that while youre traveling in the South, you develop car hassle in the half-size town of Clay, Mississippi. You find a room at the Beulah Hotel, an old establishment that sits downtown right across the street from the courthouse. After you accommodate in, it beseems clear to you that the Beulah doesnt gain many guests these days in fact, youre the first person even to enter the building in three days. Almost immediately you become the target of Edna Earle Ponder, the hotels proprietor, who is keen to talk. You try to escape with a book, but Edna Earle will have none of that. She goes so far as to tell you, And listen if you read, youll coiffe your eyes out. Lets only when talk. Even at this early stage of the game, you lie with whos going to do all the talking, dont you?Whats more than, Edna Earle lets you know right off the bat that shes size of it you up, but she past launches into a story that will captivate you and keep you laughing all the while. To be sure, youll learn a great deal more than youd expect nigh Edna Earle, the rest of the Ponder family, and many other inhabitants of Clay. What a yarn it is that Edna Earle tells in Eudora Weltys The Ponder Heart. Her story revolves around the escapades of her Uncle Daniel, but in go steadying about him, youll hearthrough Edna Earles incessant gossipalmost all there is to know about the mode the rest of the town behaves. Edna Earle assumes you want to know everything about everybody in town, and starting on that basis, she pushes you right into the middle of it, Welty registers in an interview with Patricia Wheatley (Prenshaw 132).Youll find yourself caught up in a comical story that gives shrewdness into a way of life of the early-20th century South, told through Weltys rich use of Southern dialect and subtle details about social strata and social nuances in Clay. Starting with the ennoble and its play on definitions of heart, you see and hear the story of Edna Earle Ponders Uncle Daniel, whose main purpose in life seems to be to give things away (as we would say in moderne times, hes all heart). Through Edna Earle (the name of many Southern women of that generation, taken from the heroine of the popular 19th century book St.Eudora Weltys The Ponder Heart A Southern Journey Eudora Welty The Ponder HeartEudora Weltys The Ponder Heart A Southern Journey Imagine that while youre traveling in the South, you develop car trouble in the small town of Clay, Mississippi. You find a room at the Beulah Hotel, an old establishment that sits downtown right across the street from the courthouse. After you check in, it becomes clear to you that the Beulah doesnt get many guests these days in fact, youre the first person even to enter the building in three days. Almost immediately you become the target of Edna Earle Ponder, the hotels proprietor, who is eager to talk. You try to escape with a book, but Edna Earle wil l have none of that. She goes so far as to tell you, And listen if you read, youll put your eyes out. Lets just talk. Even at this early stage of the game, you know whos going to do all the talking, dont you?Whats more, Edna Earle lets you know right off the bat that shes sizing you up, but she then launches into a story that will captivate you and keep you laughing all the while. To be sure, youll learn a great deal more than youd expect about Edna Earle, the rest of the Ponder family, and many other inhabitants of Clay. What a yarn it is that Edna Earle tells in Eudora Weltys The Ponder Heart. Her story revolves around the escapades of her Uncle Daniel, but in perceive about him, youll hearthrough Edna Earles incessant gossipalmost all there is to know about the way the rest of the town behaves. Edna Earle assumes you want to know everything about everybody in town, and starting on that basis, she pushes you right into the middle of it, Welty says in an interview with Patricia Wh eatley (Prenshaw 132).Youll find yourself caught up in a comical story that gives insight into a way of life of the early-20th century South, told through Weltys rich use of Southern dialect and subtle details about social strata and social nuances in Clay. Starting with the title and its play on definitions of heart, you see and hear the story of Edna Earle Ponders Uncle Daniel, whose main purpose in life seems to be to give things away (as we would say in modern times, hes all heart). Through Edna Earle (the name of many Southern women of that generation, taken from the heroine of the popular 19th century book St.