Willa Cather Analysis

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With all the new movies and tv shows being produced it has become more evident that there are truly a numbered type of stories in the world. Consequently, there are only three types of stories comedy, romance, and action, all other types are just a mix of these three. As noted by Willa Cather's writing "There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before." Showing evidence to the limits of the human imagination originality to create a story. So, in order for entertainment industries to create revenue they must produce resulting in the companies to copy another stories basis, because it is impossible to tell a different story that has not already been written.

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