Old School
English 11AP
Date 8/8/2012
Literary Analysis
Title: Old School
Author: Tobias Wolff
Date of Publication: 4/11/2003
Genre: Fictional Biography
Biographical information about the author: Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff was born on June 19th, 1945 in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended Concrete High School, which is located in Washington. Also, Wolff was expelled from the boarding school he applied to, under the self-published name of Tobias Jonathan von Ansell-Wolff, III. Wolff served in the U.S Army, in the 1960’s. Holding a First Class honors degree in English from Hertford College, Oxford and a Masters degree from Stanford University, he is a much appreciated person. Along his life he has taught at many prestigious universities such as Stanford and Syracuse. Furthermore, he was awarded a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Creative Writing at Stanford. In addition, he has also educated many famous authors of American Literature, including Jay McInerney, Tom Perrotta, George Saunders, Alice Sebold, William Tester, Paul Griner, Ken Garcia, and Paul Watkins. As a writer Wolff’s most prized and profitable book is The Boy’s Life, a funny sad memoir of growing up with a nomadic mother and an abusive father. Now, Wolff is leading a glorious life under the California sun with his lovely wife and three children.
Historical information about the period of publication: Starting from the years of 2000-2003, many important and historical events occurred, that changed the future of the United States of America. In the year 2000, a very close presidential election took place and no clear winner was declared in the presidential contest between Vice President Al Gore and Texas governor George W. Bush. In the end, because of the Supreme Court’s ruling against the manual recount in certain Florida counties, as it would violate the Constitution’s equal protection and due process guarantees; making Bush the 43rd president of the U.S. On September 11th 2001, the most tragic and the most
Date 8/8/2012
Literary Analysis
Title: Old School
Author: Tobias Wolff
Date of Publication: 4/11/2003
Genre: Fictional Biography
Biographical information about the author: Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff was born on June 19th, 1945 in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended Concrete High School, which is located in Washington. Also, Wolff was expelled from the boarding school he applied to, under the self-published name of Tobias Jonathan von Ansell-Wolff, III. Wolff served in the U.S Army, in the 1960’s. Holding a First Class honors degree in English from Hertford College, Oxford and a Masters degree from Stanford University, he is a much appreciated person. Along his life he has taught at many prestigious universities such as Stanford and Syracuse. Furthermore, he was awarded a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Creative Writing at Stanford. In addition, he has also educated many famous authors of American Literature, including Jay McInerney, Tom Perrotta, George Saunders, Alice Sebold, William Tester, Paul Griner, Ken Garcia, and Paul Watkins. As a writer Wolff’s most prized and profitable book is The Boy’s Life, a funny sad memoir of growing up with a nomadic mother and an abusive father. Now, Wolff is leading a glorious life under the California sun with his lovely wife and three children.
Historical information about the period of publication: Starting from the years of 2000-2003, many important and historical events occurred, that changed the future of the United States of America. In the year 2000, a very close presidential election took place and no clear winner was declared in the presidential contest between Vice President Al Gore and Texas governor George W. Bush. In the end, because of the Supreme Court’s ruling against the manual recount in certain Florida counties, as it would violate the Constitution’s equal protection and due process guarantees; making Bush the 43rd president of the U.S. On September 11th 2001, the most tragic and the most