The Pioneers

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…

1) Steve Jobs was an unusual pioneer. His organization style wasn't the stuff of school course books he wasn't known for his consultative or understanding building approach. He was a high-upkeep partner who asked for splendor from his staff and was known for his cutoff transport of input. Notwithstanding, it was his sheer virtuoso joined with his ability to express his vision and bring staff, examiners and customers along on the excursion - notwithstanding the lessons learned in a critical…

Daniel Boone was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman. He is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky, but at the time was part of Virginia. As a young adult Daniel Boone made up for hi farm income by hunting and trapping animals for their pelts, which he would then sell in the fur market. Through occupational interest, Daniel Boone first discovered easy routes through the area. In 1775, Boone blazed his Wilderness Road that led through the Cumberland Gap…

Amelia Earhart was a female pioneer and pilot. She did many things to prove that to be true, and they are Amelia always looking for achievement, she persevered to achieve her goals, and she had many long term goals that she set to be able to achieve more for herself. Firstly, Amelia Earhart was always looking for achievement as a part of why she was a female pioneer. Earhart kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about successful women in predominantly male-oriented fields, including film…

For this assignment, I chose the Pioneer House Village in Salem, Massachusetts. It interested me not just for its old-fashioned, eiry construction, but for its location. I've just recently finished reading The Crucible, which is a play by Arthur Miller, about the Salem witch trials, and it peaked my interest. The story is haunting, and this home was owned by one of the accused woman, who was later hanged. The general shape of the building is a triangle. Its base is a rectangle, and there is a…

Pioneer Living Conditions in Nineteenth Century Nebraska As depicted in “My Antonia,” many people of the Nebraskan frontier lived in sod houses. Most sod houses had dirt floors while others had wooden planks or carpet. Temperatures in these houses were comfortable year-round because the thick, soil and grass walls kept heat in during the winter and out during the summer. There were persistent issues that came with living in sod houses, such as perpetual dirtiness and roof leaks, but for most,…

The novel “O Pioneers!” by Willa Cather takes a naturalistic view on the way of life while incorporating strong independent female aspects. This book contains a story about Alexandra Bergson growing up on a farm with many tough obstacles to overcome like death, loneliness, and heartbreak. Yet, like in every other book, she overcomes them and tells her story. I personally thought the book could have had a better ending, the ending didn’t really give the readers an edge that we all enjoy. Even…

Pioneer of Animation It all started with a passion for animation and cartoons. Walt Disney was one of the most influential people in the entertainment industry in the twentieth century. He was the driving force behind Mickey Mouse, Bambi, Goofy, Snow White, and a multitude of other characters. Even more than the movies and the contents within it, Walt Disney created Disneyland and Disneyworld. Walt Disney’s Legacy will continue to live on with the Walt Disney Company still making movies today.…

Emil express this true love in one passionate night under the stars. Although this love ultimately destroys Marie, one can’t deny or reject true love when faced with it; it consumes the body and the soul until there is nothing left. In Cather’s O Pioneers! Marie is depicted as an other-worldly figure terrorized by internal strife and moral…

The book O Pioneers! written by Willa Cather, originally published by Hesperus Press in 1913. O Pioneers! has five parts, each part having their own chapter. It tells the struggles and successes of a Swedish-American farming family that moves to Hanover, Nebraska in the turn of the 20th century. In the five parts of the book, many things happen to the Bergson’s, the Swedish-American family that immigrated to Hanover, Nebraska in the 1800’s. One wintry January day, Alexandra Bergson and her five…