Frank Norris by: Sanora Quezada

biography  born: March 5, 1870 Chicago, Illionis, US  died: October 25, 1902 San Francisco  birth name: Benjamin Franklin Norris  pen name: Frank Norris  father: Benjamin - self-made Chicago business man  mother: Gertrude Glorvina Dogget, had a stage career  attended University of Calfornia, Berkeley and Harvard  siblings: Charles Gilman Norris (dead)  when brother died he took up painting for 2yrs.

accomplishments  occupation: writher  notable works: Mc Teague,  The Octopus: Astory of California  The pit  A lost story  The passing at cock eye black lock  The frontier gone at last  American novelist, during the progressive era  attended University of California, Berekeley and Harvard  when he started reading Emile Zola, she was the novelist he started painting for two years

quotes  "The novel with a purpose brings the tragedies and griefs of others to notice and proves that inuustice, crime, and inequality do exist."  "Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time."

impact  he changed people views by reporting an world issues  he reported on the Spanish American War for McClure's Magazine  went to South Africa to write on the Boer Conflict  Frank Norris was successful at his reform because he became a successful writer and worked to report on issues for the world.

Quiz  1) What is Frank Norris real name?  2) Who was the novelist that Frank Norris started reading when he was painting?  3) What are 2 pieces of work written by Frank Norris?  4) What made Frank Norris become a painter?  5) What is one quote by Franke Norris?

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