The Pioneers

that the experience was fun or scary. It was probably nothing compared to the hardships Americans faced in the early 1800s as they travelled to a new place to live. In particular, I am going to follow the story of Martha Williams Reed, an Oregon pioneer. In an interview, she describes the hardships her and her family faced as they moved across the plains. The first hardship that they faced was the lack of food. In the interview with Martha, she said, “…There was not much to cook, and they…

O Pioneers! is the first book of the renowned prairie trilogy written by Willa Cather, a Pulitzer Prize winning author. This book was published in 1913 and tells the fictional story of the life of a Swedish women named Alexandra Bergson. The story begins when Alexandra was a young woman as her father’s health was declining. The doctor sadly told the family that there was nothing he could do for their father and that he was to die soon. Before Mr. Bergson’s death he gathered his four children…

Emil being the stud he is in O’ Pioneers! With making Marie Confess her love for him (Cather 83). What I wanted to know if the name Emil resembled his personality. My curiosity to see if Cather wanted to describe Emil being intelligent, charming, masculine, and caring. Either it was an accident or Cather actually researched the name Emil and what the name means. I went to look up the origins of the name Emil and this is what I got. Throughout the novel O’ Pioneers! Emil is portrayed in the book…

O Pioneers and Ethan Frome are two classic, exciting novels. Even though the two plots of these stories aren’t much alike, the have similarities so often, it’s eerie. From the cold, harsh winter that the stories take place in, to the fact that they were written 2 years apart (1911 - 1913). These stories were not meant to relate at all, but the more you read, the more similarities you may find throughout both books. I find it funny that the similarities are not more recognised in the reading…

Willa Cather entwines the historical dimension of the Homestead Act throughout her novel O Pioneers. Alexandra Bergson and her family must overcome many obstacles to accomplish successful farming in the Middle West. Cather uses the main character, Alexandra, to portray the great feat taken in order to continually learn how to cultivate the rugged land and make it into flourishing farmland. Alexandra followed her father’s wishes in taking care of the farm— a task that was uncertain to be…

The story “O! Pioneers” written by Willa Cather uses three types of writing views. She uses the Romantic, Realistic, and Naturalistic views to write the story. The story is about a girl named Alexandra and how she deals with loss, failure, and loneliness. Cather mostly uses the naturalistic view to explain the struggles that Alexandra goes through, but she also uses the romantic and realistic views to explain it. Cather uses the Realistic view to show us Alexandra realization of what happened.…

I have always been a girl who has wanted to be involved. No matter what it was I wanted to do it. Basketball, volleyball, Girl’s Pioneers, Forensics. The list goes on and on. As I have grown, that passion to be involved has endured. I find myself doing the same type of things I have alway loved and expect to bring them with me to college. One thing I have always enjoyed is the sport of volleyball. Through my grade school and high school days I have learned many aspects of life including hard…

2.7 - Case Analysis: Glenn Curtiss Adeel Azeem Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract Glenn Curtiss, was a one of the pioneer in the field of aviation. He achieved remarkable accomplishments in his life. He loved the field of mechanic's and started as an engine maker for bicycle but his passion was so high that he became an aircraft maker. Curtiss, was the man, who took first officially documented flight. At the time when nobody was ready to take a flight from Albany to Manhattan,…

Richard Lorenzo Prof. Arnold Psych-120 Human Sexuality 28 February 2018 African American Pioneers Assignment 1. Inez Beverly Prosser was born in Yoakum, Texas in 1897 and died in 1934. Prosser received her Bachelors degree in Education from Samuel Houston College, and then her Master’s in Educational Psychology from the University of Colorado. In 1933, she became the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Cincinnati. From 1921 to…

“People did change, and a change could be a bloom as well as a withering...” -Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road, page 137 This quote relates very well to the book O Pioneers! for, in the book we read about how the U.S. was for the Bergson family, how they sometimes changed for the better and for the worst, we can also see this in the way that new immigrants were treated. One theme of the book relates most to U.S. history and that is how the book compares how the foreign…