Cather’s character, Alexandra Bergson, represents her personality; a strong and intelligent young woman. Cather wrote the book, O Pioneers!, to express her life story by using Realistic, Romantic, and Naturalistic views. Naturalism; “philosophical viewpoint according to which everything arises from natural properties and causes, and supernatural or spiritual explanations are excluded or discounted.” The story represents Naturalism in the beginning with the land. Farmers depend on nature to keep their land fertilized and moist, to grow crops. Dry land, though, happens in real life and nature. Marie and Emil getting shot by Frank also seems Naturalistic. Therefore, Cather views Naturalistic as the bad things in life. Romantic; “characterized
