In the novel One of Ours Cather illustrates World War 1 different then most. From the somewhat graphic descriptions of injuries and death to the calm village scenes to meditations on what it must have meant for so many young men to finally find meaning in their lives just when they were most at risk of losing everything. She often romanticized the war but at the same time she made it well balanced. She showed the war as a monstrous thing that was fought by decent-hearted people in defense of their
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see the positive attributes that she contributes to the relationship (Landmark). In other words‚ any person‚ when viewed and assessed through a predominantly restrictive scope‚ can lead to extreme discontentment by one or both parties. Intriguingly‚ Willa Cather’s A Lost Lady provides two unique and narrow male perspectives concerning Marian Forrester—Captain Forrester’s encapsulation and Niel Herbert’s idealization‚
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Willa Cather once said‚ “The end is nothing‚ the road is all.” To interpret the quote‚ it’s not about where you end up‚ it’s about the journey you take along the way. I completely agree with what the writer is saying in this quote. Many people in today’s society are too focused on the end product‚ aren’t appreciating the experience‚ and aren’t enjoying the process of achieving their goals. People are too focused on the end product. This can often be true of high school students. Students are
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The Captain Forrester and His Roses In Willa Cather’s A Lost Lady‚ Captain Daniel Forrester is a gardener at heart. His lifetime is spent encouraging growth‚ whether of railroads‚ personal lives or flowers. His philosophy is to dream "because a thing that is dreamed of in the way I mean is already an accomplished fact" (44). Close friends described the Captain as clearly looking like " pictures of Grover Cleveland. His clumsy dignity covered a deep nature‚ and a conscience that had never
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WANEM BIZI This case demonstrates the importance of relationships between organizations in the workplace. It is important for a company to build and maintain a positive relationship with its suppliers and customers in order to be successful. In the case Why is cooperation so hard‚ the owner of the company Technologia‚ Armando Bronaldo‚ faces a challenge in which he believes the relationship between him and his customer‚ AUD is overbalanced and more in favor of the customer. Technologia is a fairly
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experiences a major change and finally gets a sense of closure is Willa. When Lee finds her walking alone‚ she says that‚ “Her eyes were swollen‚ her cheeks raw‚” (Steinke 378). Willa is clearly very upset about Cully’s note‚ and her situation in general‚ and decides to open up more to Lee. As they arrive at the park‚ Willa shows Lee the note from Cully‚ which says that he’s sorry for what he did‚ and that he realizes it was entirely his fault. Willa is finally getting an apology from Cully‚ but is still understandably
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Brown vs. Paul After studying the short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s "Young Goodman Brown" and Willa Cather ’s "Paul ’s Case"‚ I began to see many similarities within the two stories. Both of the main characters in each story have characteristics that could be looked at as being alike‚ but after analyzing each character I started to find that although alike in some aspects‚ these two characters are very different from one another. At first I noticed that both Goodman Brown and Paul are starved
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Fool" b. Paul in "Paul ’s Case" 3. Comparing and contrasting the characters a. Religious Motivation b. Economical Issues 4. Conclusion Thesis Statement: The author of this essay wants to prove that Paul ’s actions are both influenced by economical and religious issues while the narrator ’s deeds in "I ’m a Fool" are only economically influenced and happen mostly by mistake. "Paul ’s Case" by Willa Cather is set in Pittsburgh at the beginning of the 20th century. The main character‚ Paul‚ is a
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Willa Cather’s My Anthonia‚ in my opinion was not only easy to read but also a thoroughly enjoyable read. It tells the vivid stories of several immigrant families who move to the rural state of Nebraska to start new lives in America. A Bohemian family‚ by the name of the Shimerdas‚ is one of the main focal points of the story. The eldest daughter of the Shimerda family is named Antonia. The book’s narrator‚ Jim Burden‚ arrives in the town of Black Hawk‚ Nebraska‚ on the same train as the Shimerdas
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Sarah Snow Paper 3 Writing in the Discipline of English October 10‚ 2012 Central Themes in A Lost Lady * In Willa Cather’s A Lost Lady (1923)‚ the author tells a story of a boy named Neil who’s growth into manhood is molded by the Forresters; the Captain who represented the pioneer spirit of the old west in the United States‚ and the beautiful Marian whom he idolized to such an extent that her moral downfall initiated his loss of innocence. As he grows up‚ his family‚ friends‚ and
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