Max Brand Frederick Schiller Faust Frederick Schiller Faust
Max Brand Frederick Schiller Faust
• Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand
His Life • His parents both died when he was young • He worked as a cowhand in central California • During college, he wrote for several magazines and journals • Faust joined the Canadian army, but deserted a year later to move to New York • He married and had three children
His Work Life • After working for several European magazines, Faust moved to Hollywood and wrote screenplays for television shows • He became one of the highest paid writers of his day, earning in a week what the average person earned in a year
• During WWII, Faust was a war correspondent, doing his best to support the US in the war • Faust died in 1944 as the US invaded Italy; he was a war correspondent and was mortally wounded by shrapnel • He was commended by President Roosevelt for his work
His Literary Work • Faust wrote over 200 novels, and as many short stories • He could write up to 12, 000 words in a weekend • His work is still published today, and an average of one work per week is printed somewhere in the world • He used several pseudonyms, and wrote in many genres
Literary Terms • Conflict - A struggle between two opposing forces in a piece of literature – Man against man – Man against society – Man against nature – Man against self
Wine on the Desert, page 54 • Focus: – Use inference to draw conclusions about characters and their motives – Determine plot action and development in literature by identifying the various types of conflict and discussing how those conflicts are resolved
Class Work • Read the story • Use the conflict worksheet to determine the type of conflict; find supporting evidence from the text • Use the inference worksheet to draw conclusions about Durante’s actions • Complete Literary Critique, page 60, #s 16
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