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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"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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“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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Paul’s Case‚ by Willa Cather‚ is about an insolent teenage boy who lives completely in a fantasy world. Some may say that a little fantasy never hurt anyone‚ but Paul takes his dreaming over the line. In Paul’s mind‚ something registers as either extraordinary or wretched‚ and never is there any medium. This lack of an ability to comprehend "reality" is exactly what separates Paul from any other "normal" teenager. <br> <br>Paul lives on Cordelia Street in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ along with his
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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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O`Pioneers! Willa Cather’s book "O`Pioneers!" takes place on the Divide of Nebraska and uses the location as a theme throughout the novel. In this paper I will be tracing different aspects of this theme throughout the novel. The novel contains many different aspects involving every character in this book. Whether it’s Ivar and his traditional "old world values"‚ or Emil representing the "new world values"‚ there are many different aspects of comparing and contrasting in this novel. There are
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highly controversial topic. The secondary source that I researched brings to light many of the views of immigration already mentioned in My Ántonia. The secondary source‚ “Case Studies: Immigration Control” by BBC supports many of the claims that Willa Cather emphasizes in her book which makes it a strong secondary source. Immigration is not stated nor seen as a bad thing in My Ántonia as it clearly tries to let the world know of the harsh conflicts that immigrants are often faced with. The secondary
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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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it’s greasy plush collarbox‚ and the paintings of George Washington‚ John Calvin‚ and the framed motto all were described in a lethargic and sullied manner. It is in the next paragraph‚ however‚ that one can truly see the true life lived by Paul. Cather explains that even on the most
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2009 “A Journey through Life” Life is all about choices. Even the simplest choice could turn a situation around and further affect the future of an individual forever. I found Willa Cather’s short story “A Wagner Matinee” very interesting. It deals with different levels of choices‚ some which might affect the character’s life slightly‚ while other choices may affect their entire lifetime. The way the story is written makes the
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