When Cather wrote O Pioneers, she spent some time analyzing the different viewpoints of readers. These viewpoints include the naturalistic view, the romantic view, and the realistic view. Quite similarly to other things, the three types of people tend to have conflicts. First, some people see something from a romantic perspective. This means that people see a lot of emotion behind an event. To illustrate, when Emil shot the bird in the sky, Marie said “They were having such a good time, and we’ve spoiled it all for them” which explains why some people would see this as a romantic event. Another example of a romantic event could include when Emil found Marie under the mulberry tree, and the story said “‘I was dreaming this’ she whispered, hiding
