The Wishing Tree | Ideas for Reports and Papers

1. Faulkner once said that there are only a handful of universal stories that each writer retells. What other stories of initiation resemble The Wishing Tree, and how is Faulkner's retelling unique?

2. As a children's writer, how does Faulkner resemble Lewis Carroll and A. A. Milne, two writers whom he admired?

3. From the list of related titles below, attempt to find elements in Faulkner's treatment of childhood that run throughout his work.

4. Several of Faulkner's most important works, such as The Sound and the Fury and Light in August,...

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