Essays Tagged: "Willa Cather"
Realists/Naturalists in Literature: Cather, Crane, Twain, and James
urroundings." In many ways, this belief holds true in the writings of many American writers such as Willa Cather, Stephen Crane, Mark Twain, and Henry James. Throughout each of their works, these four ... . Throughout each of their works, these four points exposed to us by Zola, are incessantly observed.Willa Cather's "Neighbour Rosicky" portrays the life of Mr. Rosicky, an old farmer who values his fa ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain
Reports discussing "My Antonia's points" by Villa Cather
lps incorporate all the elements of the novel I would like to discuss. It not only makes clear that Willa Cather will deal with memories of a glorious past, but also allows suitable basis to show how ... ey make this book such a delightful work of art.My Ántonia is told from the point of view of Willa Cather's fictional friend, Jim Burden. He writes in the first person, and his use of the prono ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"O Pioneers" by Willa Cather
rred to them as being the victims ofwhite man's progress. In the short tale, O Pioneers, written by Willa Cather in 1913, tellsa tale of the oncoming future of the Great Plains. Although this tale tel ... about the greatfortune of the plains, it forgets to mention the heartaches of the Native Americans.Willa Cather was born December 7 , 1873 in a town west of Winchester, Virginia.2In 1884, the Cather' ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Values shown in the book The Great Gatsby. The Author F. Scott Fitzgerald shows what values he excepts and rejects
important to everyone, especially writers. It is clear in both My Antonia and The Great Gatsby that Willa Cather and F. Scott Fitzgerald have very clear feelings about their characters' attitudes and ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
this essay describes the settings in Paul's Case by Willa Carter
o survive their surroundings. An example of this downfall would be the short story "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather. The multiple settings in this story from school and living on Cordelia Street, working ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Paul is a Pansy: the use of flower imagery in Paul's Case by Willa Cather
When the average person reads "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather, they interpret a story about a depressed teenager who steals money, runs away to New Y ... tually come to an end. Paul got his chance to bloom, but he was wilting the whole way to the train. Willa Cather's flower imagery puts Paul's life in terms that everyone can understand, without most r ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"Tom Outland's Story" by Ian Williams.
An Inspirational DiaryLocated in the middle of Willa Cather's The Professor's House, the diary of deceased Tom Outland is edited by his friend and ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"The Song of the Lark" By Willa Cather.
THE SONG OF THE LARKBy Willa CatherModernism characterized a radical aesthetic shift in art and literature. Following the a ... authors began to introduce a variety of literary devices, which changed conventional expectations. Willa Cather's The Song of the Lark is a perfect example of a modernist piece. Cather challenges rea ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Neighbour Rosicky: A response.
Neighbor Rosicky by Willa Cather is a story about a Czech immigrant named Anton Rosicky and his family who live in a rur ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
"Neighbour Rosicky" by Willa Cather.
Neighbour RosickyBy Willa Cather (pg 1831-1852)At first glance, Neighbour Rosicky appears to be a short story about ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"Miss Jane Pittman" by Ernest James Gaines.
folk tales. At 15, Gaines moved to Vallejo, California, where he spent hours in the library reading Willa Cather, Turgenev, and Chekhov. He also read novels dealing with life in the American South, wh ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
"Who is Paul?", a study of the main character of "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather
istance ourselves from the society. For most of us, this delibarate isolation is temporary, but for Willa Cather's protagonist in the short story Paul's Case, this seclusion is permanent. In fact, man ... e sum of many narcissic and emotional factors are responsible for Paul's suicide.The protagonist in Willa Cather story is complex. Although many reasearches tend to prove that Paul is suffering from a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Modernism in "A Lost Lady" vs "Passing".
author builds a woman's essence around the issues of sexuality, race, gender and class. I feel that Willa Cather uses this approach to realism best to carry out the notion of "essence" in her novel. S ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
This is an essay about "the classical American journey" as portraid in many books and movies
ey stories in America have been so popular because of how their past has been so full of adventures.Willa Cather's My Antonia was novel of the journey of Jim the main character's life. He moved from V ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Alienation in "Paul's Case" By Willa Cather
e withdrawn and eventually find themselves even more abnormal. In the short story, "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather, the main character Paul struggles with societies limited view of 'normal'. Paul is jad ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Willa Cather: A True Pioneer of Her Time
Willa Cather: A True Pioneer of Her TimeWilla Cather was a great American author who helped influenc ... persons surroundings affect their entire life. So sit back and enjoy the life of "The True Pioneer" Willa Cather.On December 7, 1871 Willa Siebert Cather was born in Winchester, VA. When Cather was ni ... y moved to her grandfather's farm in the Nebraska frontier. Cather's mother had very poor health so Willa was left primarily alone. She spent most of her time riding horses and exploring the frontier. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies
Causal Analysis of Pauls Case by Willa Cather
"Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have." (Schachtel) "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather, is a story of a young man that lives in a world in which he feels he does not belong. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Compare and contrast the characters of Paul in 'Paul's Case' and the narrator of 'I'm a Fool'.
eeds 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 ... ot care for worldly goods.Works CitedAnderson, Sherwood. "I'm a Fool". Horses and Men. 1923.Cather, Willa. "Paul's Case". The Troll Garden. 1905.Johnson, Phillip. Home page. The Five Points of Calvini ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Paul's Individulatiy "How is individuality expressed in the short story 'Paul's Case?"
ing the dreams of one's individual passions alive and inspired. In the short story 'Paul's Case' by Willa Cather, the writer incites the theme of staying true to ones self as a person and never alteri ... f his imaginings and hopes throughout the story; this helped in keeping his individuality stirring. Willa Cather repeatedly shows the wants and desires of Paul. "Paul had no desire to become an actor, ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Escape From the Dread of the Future in "The Defeated" and Willa Cather's "Paul Case" by Nadine Gordimer.
Both Nadine Gordimer's "The Defeated" and Willa Cather's "Paul Case" are about characters who dread the life they see around them. Fearing thi ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature