John Dos Passos
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Almost every one writer can say that they are influenced by their
childhood and past. Memories flood back to them as they encounter a similar
experience or similar situation in their earlier years. No doubt a
significant factor in their writing, the past from a specific writer's life
usually adds m ....
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.... to a turbulent childhood, being unconventionally
born on January 14, 1896. His father, John Randalph Dos Passos, was a
prominent attorney and his mother, Lucy Addison Sprigg, a housewife and an
excellent mother. Because his parents were not officially married until in
1910, he was considered "illegitimate" for about 14 years; this theme of
alienation is found in many of his writings. Most of the time spent during
his childhood was with his mother, who travelled abundantly, and this was
the tim ....
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Word count: 2008
Page count: 8 (approximately 250 words per page)
