Willa Cather

“I have to believe when things are bad I can change them” (Quotes). In the movie The Cinderella Man directed by Ron Howard, James J. Braddock encounters many difficult times throughout the movie, but chooses to let them motivate him, instead of put him down. In the beginning of the film, The Cinderella Man, Jimmy Braddock’s life is zipping along and nothing is going wrong. Then one day, his family starts to endure hardships such as: no heat in the house, no electricity, and minimal amounts of…

Willa Cather’s story (My) follows a young immigrant farm girl who came from Europe with her family to get a new start in the world. The family is poor when they first arrive and just happen to arrive at about the same time a orphaned boy named Jim, going…

after marriage she began to write about the changes of the New York society and for her novel The Age of Innocence she won the Pulitzer Prize. (“Edith Wharton”) “A well known poet would be Willa Cather, born in 1873 was a writer of poetry and novels known for such works as O Pioneers! and My Antonia.” (“Willa Cather”) She found her themes through a young age the spirit and courage of the frontier, the same frontier she experienced throughout her…

on this planet exemplifies a cog in the wheel of progress, as Charlie Chaplin asserts in his popular film Modern Times that we live to do what others want in order to survive. Willa Cather’s “Paul’s Case” illustrates the story of a suicidal young man who was surrounded by a grim environment not suitable to his liking. Cather illuminates the complications with society’s norms and how those guidelines might affect people similar to Paul. Paul, the main character, expresses himself in…

Money cannot buy happiness. This famous proverb initially provides a comforting idea; that life is worth more than wealth. However, Willa Cather’s Paul’s Case provides a more unsettling take on this proverb. Cather asserts that the upper class has more than just money. They have a different set of societal expectations and standards, allowed the privilege of exclusive pastimes, such as the fine arts. Paul exemplifies the consequence of when someone of a lower socioeconomic status enjoys…

The short story “Paul’s Case,” written by Willa Cather, uses the setting to show the reader more about Paul’s actions. Paul’s case begins in a town in Pittsburgh. Paul’s hometown of Pittsburgh is used to show the reader about how dirty and monotonous Paul’s life was. The setting later becomes New York. This setting is used to show the reader the life that Paul aspired to live. The last setting in the story was at the train tracks where Paul committed suicide. This setting has many instances of…

A literary analysis on the tragic necessity of human relations. “ Other things may change us, but it starts and ends with the family.” We do not choose our families, but we become a part of each others lives, if not on a daily basis, on many occasions. When observing a family from an outsiders perspective it can be misleading because even in amiable families their is expectations society instills upon the ideal of the “perfect family”. However, from first hand experience I would say living…

Journal five- Stephen Crane “The Open Boat” Four men are in a lifeboat, lost at sea, off the coast of Florida. The oiler and the correspondent are taking turns paddling with the oars they have. They eventually see a lighthouse. As they try to get closer to the lighthouse, they use the captain’s jacket to make a sail. It works until the wind dies down. Eventually they get closer to the land but they are amazed that nobody sees them. They try to paddle towards the land but the waves are too…

Studies & Queer Theory: Paul's Case From the second wave of feminism emerged a new school of criticism: gender studies and queer theory. This type of criticism explores the issues of gender roles, power, sexuality, and masculinity. In "Paul's Case", Willa Cather establishes a male character who tests the accepted norms for men and women in America; Paul's sexual orientation results in apathy for his community, contempt for his teachers, and an overall alienation. Christianity plays a key role…

They start from the hero’s introduction and background through the climax and then through the ending of the story. What makes these stories unique from each other is the author's magical pen, the style, and plot of his/her story. It like what Ms. Willa Cather said, “There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened…