In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, William Faulkner insists that great writing must focus on "universal truths" and . the question of whether the writer is even necessary to society the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself the distinct and temporary issues confronting the current generation the essential fear of death that all people carry inside themselves

Which excerpt from "hills like white elephants" provides the most details about the main characters' lives outside the railway station? click here to read an excerpt.

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up

Why is reasoning relivant to reading and evaluate text?