Pirandello

The word I choose was Pirandello. At first I had no idea what the word was or could even mean. But after going to library and learning some different research skills I was able to figure out what the word Pirandello actually meant. From the first source I was able to figure out that my word Pirandello was a person. His name is Luigi Pirandello. Just by looking up the general information as in what books were actually about him I learned things before I even read or started looking up information. Also from the first source I learned that he was born I 1867 and died in 1936. I also learned that he wrote during the romantic period. (Baisin) From the second source, which I am not too sure how I found it, I was able to find different quotes from Luigi Pirandello. One quote was “"A man will die, a writer, the instrument of creation: but what he has created will never die! And to be able to to live for ever you don't need to have extraordinary gifts or be able to do miracles. Who was Sancho Panza? Who was Prospero?” (Six Characters) Another source I found was from a teacher I believe that wrote an analysis on one of Pirandello’s stories. He stated that, “Nevertheless, this epistemological-and by extension aesthetic-problem proved significant for writers such as Henry James, Wyndham Lewis, Luigi Pirandello, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett.” (Lamb) The fourth source that I found I found it the most interesting because it actually interpreted the stories that Pirandello wrote about. From the story Right You Are (If You Think You Are) the source I found stated that the story has” No sex, no death, but there's plenty of passion in this play about identity and relative truths.” (Nichols)