convincing‚ but also allows gives her an outlet to express her unique struggles‚ desires‚ and beliefs. Willa Cather’s My Antonia is a poignant romantic novel about westward expansion‚ following the story of recently orphaned Jim Burden and his childhood in Nebraska. The parallels between the most impactful events in Jim’s life and that of Cather’s become glaringly obvious when the two are compared. Willa Cather shapes Jim’s story in My Antonia
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Carolyn DeGrazia Professor Gerald January 30‚ 2012 Character Analysis Willa Cather once said‚ “Where there is great love‚ there are always wishes.” She makes this quote relevant in her Pulitzer-prize winning novel‚ One of Ours. One of Ours is a story about Claude Wheeler‚ a young man from Nebraska‚ struggling to find his purpose in life. Throughout the entire novel‚ he only has one consistent presence in his life that truly believes in him and that is his mother. Mrs. Wheeler‚ a Protestant
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Paul Kruse grew up in a family that had limited means. When Kruse reached college‚ he studied theology and became a youth minister. Eventually‚ Paul would move out west and join his brother‚ Jonathan. Both brothers began selling mutual funds and insurance to military families‚ a job Paul became very success at; however in 2001‚ 20 years after starting his job‚ was fired. In 2010‚ after moving to Jacksonville‚ Florida‚ Kruse set up a company known as Yorkshire Financial Services and listed himself
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University Benjamin Solomon Carson‚ Sr.‚ M.D. Press Questions for Ron Paul submitted by Arlisa Hardy- Manager Britteni Swain- Telephone Bank Carl Caesar- Community Developer Justin Lee- Campaign Financial Advisor Ryan Cyress- Public Relations POS 100.02 Professor Carol Pretlow April 18‚ 2014 Benjamin Solomon Carson‚ Sr.‚ M.D. Press Questions for Ron Paul 1. Dr. Paul‚ what is the bravest thing you have ever done? Taking his oath of office! No‚ I
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Paul S. Sutter’s book Driven Wild describes the formation of the Wilderness Society and how a group of eight individuals became activists in their attempt to preserve the Nation’s wilderness. These individuals were authors‚ scientists‚ ecologists‚ conservationist‚ environmentalist‚ and foresters who wanted preserve the remaining natural wilderness from logging‚ mining‚ and tourism. Their main points of contention focuses more on tourism resulting from the growing availability of automobiles causing
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Youth workers agents of social control or agents of social change? Discuss. In this piece of work I am going to explore the work of Youth Workers. With the aim to consider whether youth workers are agents of social control or agents of social change? Working as an Assistant Youth Support Worker in Youth Academy NI for the last year‚ and as an outdoor pursuit instructor for the past four years. I have come to appreciate the (quality) and benefits our youth service in the UK and Ireland. I have seen
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person. For example‚ Lena‚ a friend of Antonia‚ would have a different relationship with Antonia than her brother Ambrosch would. Both Lena and Ambrosch have a different relationship with Antonia than her childhood friend Jim whom she grew up with. Willa Cather included book three in her novel My Antonia because Antonia played such an important role in Jim’s childhood‚ and because book three shows us who Jim has become so we can better understand his relationship with Antonia. The people we spend a
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I believe that Cather tried to use mostly the Naturalistic point of view. Although Cather also used some Romanticism‚ she mainly focused on the Naturalistic view such as the beginning and the near end of the story. Ivar and Marie show good examples of Cather’s Romantic side. However‚ though Cather focused mainly on Naturalism‚ she did use Romanticism. Her character Ivar had a Romantic point of view along with Marie’s actions also shows Romanticism. Ivar uses his description of the terrifying
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Willa Cather has written different versions of her pieces or work. At times she has changed the wording‚ added or even taken pieces of the novel or passage out. One example of this is her novel O Pioneers!. In the later version of this novel‚ she takes out a passage in the chapter of VIII. In the passage that removed there was an important quote that was removed with it. This quote was “two white butterflies ... fluttering in and out among the interlacing shadows; diving and soaring‚ now close together
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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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