Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' career and life remained always intertwined. She would put her life and love of nature into all of her writings. Besides her career, her family was the most important thing to her. Awards and honors came to Rawlings easily, including the Pulitzer Prize. The Yearling, her most successful and well-known novel, stayed on track with her other works, which all focus on her love, respect, and appreciation of nature. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings …showed first 75 words of 1201 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1201 total…pieces of her soul. That is what her stories were to her. They were pieces of her life put down on paper to entertain, but also to influence others on the greatness of nature. Rawlings poured every ounce of herself into her works. She wanted everyone to have the same appreciation of nature as she did. If she could better the world with her gift of writing, she would try; and at that, she succeeded.