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Relationship Between Stories

The Relationship between Stories and Their Sources
Most authors use some type of source when writing a story.
The source could be religious, scientific, or something else that
is inspiring to them. Even great writers such as Shakespeare had
a source in which their stories came from. The source can be
used for many different purposes. A certain author may use a
source to show different parallels between two stories or to show
similarities between events or characters. They may use the
source to prove a point or to add meaning to the book. The
source could also just be an ambiguous connection that helps
complete the story. Whatever the authors reason for picking a
certain source it seems to give the story completion and
significance. In this class, we read many stories in which the
source deals with religion and especially the gospels. In this
paper, I will discuss these different stories and how they relate
to their religious
sources.
The first story we read in class was, gA Visit of Charityh
by Eudora Welty. In this story, the source that is eluded to is
the Genesis story of Adam and Eve. The story begins with Marian,
a young campfire girl, who is on her way to an Old Ladiesf Home.
Before entering the home she stops by some prickly shrubs. The
outside of the home was covered by beautiful shrubbery and the
whitewash brick building reflected the sunlight. Yet, the inside
of the home was in bad shape. It smelled musky and the linoleum
on the floor was bulging up. The details Welty adds are
significant because it shows two different worlds. The one world
Marian still sees which is beautiful like the Garden of Eden and
the world she is slowly stepping into where things are not
beautiful and good. The story continues with Marian visiting two
old ladies who fought between themselves the whole time she was
there. Marian did not want to be at the home and especially
dislike visiting these two ladies. Although, the one...