The majority of "O Pioneers!" reflects on the life of the writer‚ Willa Cather. Cather at the time thrived in a man’s world. Cather lived in a time when everyone thought men should do all the work and the women should stay at home‚ a romantic view. Due to her naturalistic mindset‚ she believed that women can thrive and achieve anything a man could causing her to lead and set the goal of women everywhere in the time period. "O Pioneers!" was written by a naturalistic woman‚ so anyone would assume
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"Paul’s Case" by Willa Cather‚ a young man named Paul is unhappy with his home and school life. He is happiest when he is at Carnegie Hall‚ where he works as an usher. When he is not physically at Carnegie Hall‚ his thoughts remain there causing his school work to suffer. When his father finds out about his problems in school he has Paul banned from Carnegie Hall‚ taken out of school‚ and put to work. One day‚ while on his way to make the company’s deposit‚ Paul decides to take some of the money
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Nicholas Jones 1/26/11 History 143 Dr. Quirk O Pioneers! By: Willa Cather. Published by Barnes and Noble books. O Pioneers! Book Review O Pioneers! Was written by Willa Cather and was first published in 1913 and it is a literary fiction. This book is about all the hardships of living in the planes or even just the hardships and challenges that people had to endure in the life of a pioneer. O Pioneers! takes place between the late 1800s and the early 1900s in Hanover Nebraska. The main character
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My Antonia‚ written by Willa Cather‚ is a classic coming of age story set in the American Midwest. The story follows Jim‚ the protagonist of My Antonia‚ after he moves to Nebraska to live with his grandparents‚ and details his experiences with his old neighbor Antonia. As Jim begins to separate from his childhood friends‚ including Antonia‚ he begins to strongly miss the days past. Similarly‚ in Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden longs for days with Allie‚ his dead brother. Jim and Holden both
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"Paul’s Case‚" Paul’s choice of suicide is thus justified through the juxtaposition of his two lives‚ that of the stage and of his home. The first comparison that one comes across when reading the story is of the red carnation against Paul’s overcoat. Throughout the story‚ Paul is symbolized by flowers‚ whether they are in a shop window‚ his hotel room‚ or against his overcoat. The vibrant carnation provides a look at Paul’s spirit compared to the life he is forced to live by his father and teachers
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“Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather is a story about a teenage boy named Paul who does not fit into his home town because he feels like he does not belong‚ which is where sympathy for him occurs even if the reader can not relate. Paul is in a sense different than the people in his town and may seem a bit strange from an outside point of view. His “case” is that he wants to live the high life as an upper class citizen but he does not want to earn it for he feels it is his birthright. One of the main reasons
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Carrie Henry Jeff Chan Comp II-1302 Paper One / Draft One 4 June 2014 The Cost of Freedom and Peace In the story “Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather‚ we are given an insight to Paul’s life of supposed unhappiness and how he will go to an extreme to find peace and be happy‚ no matter the cost. The rising action and plot points begin right away in this story when it starts by showing us the trouble Paul is having and causing at school. Exposition and plot points are introduced throughout the first
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others. Finally he won the election in 1933 since most of Americans wanted to go with isolationism. Isolationist advocated non-involvement in European and Asian wars and non-relation international politics. Also in 1933‚ Roosevelt announced “The Good Neighbor Policy” which meant that there was no need for armed intervention in other countries‚ especially in Latin America. While Roosevelt withdrew troops
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The 1920’s and 1980’s are similar in many ways. Their similarities are social‚ economical‚ and political. Some of the similarities between the decades are Prohibition and the War on Drugs‚ the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and 1987‚ and the influence of music on society. Prohibition was passed as the 18th amendment‚ that importing‚ exporting‚ transporting‚ and manufacturing of alcohol was to be put to an end. Prohibition did not achieve its goals. Instead‚ it added to the problems that it intended
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The Unsung Hero Stephen Crane’s Own Story‚ is a survival story which follows 4 men: the Captain‚ the Cook‚ the Correspondent (Crane himself)‚ and the Oiler named Billie who had just escaped from their sinking boat the Steamer Commodore. As the 4 men escape in a small lifeboat‚ they are faced with harsh reality as the ocean reassures them that this survival was not going to be an excursion. Despite not having slept for two days‚ each man works tirelessly to keep the boat afloat. Struggling together
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