Willa Cather

they moved from Bohemia to America. The family had to deal with great loss and misfortune. Dealing with all of this as a child taught Antonia to have respect for others who were working hard, as she was one of those hard workers at a young age. Willa Cather was an inspiration to all women writers. It took great courage to be a published author as a female during the time period. Her novel shows the reader that the woman shouldn’t be confined to the house and the man confined to work. She…

Willa Cather was the author of this short story named “A Wagner Matinee” she was born in Winchester, Virginia. Some year later the family moved to Nebraska and live in a ranch, soon she was bored about this and moved to the town for then moving again to Lincoln for her studies. This part of her life is a resemblance to the short story she wrote because meanly of she living in Nebraska and moving to the town because of the dullness of the plains as shown in the short story but in the other way…

threat. Considering this definition, the feeling of fear itself can be precisely distinguished. However, actions and consequences surrounding apprehension become more obscure. In the short story “Paul’s Case”, Willa Cather focuses on the ambiguous feedback enveloping fear. In fact, Cather suggests the concept that fear is a mean of concealing reality. Throughout the short story, Paul has a constant sense of fear. First, at home, Paul is continually anxious that he will get stuck there,…

A Troubled Boy “A Study in Temperament” by Willa Sibert Cather, taken from McClure’s Magazine called “Paul’s Case”, is about a troubled boy. The article was published in May of 1905, and in the story Cather takes us through a few days in this boy’s life. The story opens with Paul, the main character, that was suspended from school. He manages to alienate his teachers and his peers at school, as well. The main character seems to dislike his family and general living conditions. The one thing…

The short story "paul's case"by "Willa Cather "rather is about a troubled young man paul because he thought the world different from his age group. He loved colorful, beautiful things, he enjoyed the theater as well as music, and he also wanted to travel. While the other kids would blend into the society , he wanted to be something more. He wished to live the actors and singers that he saw at the theater. He wanted to see new places and people. He wanted to go to parties and socialize with who…

” (“Adoniram Judson Quotes”). This quote comes from Adoniram Judson, who was an American Protestant Missionary in the 1800’s. Throughout Willa Cather’s book, O Pioneers, there are several themes and social issues that can be found. One of the most prominent of these social issues is that of self-sacrifice and the highs and lows that can come with it. Cather introduces and develops a number of characters in this book and self-sacrifice is a common theme in a lot of their lives. Being a…

“His teachers felt this afternoon that his whole attitude was symbolized by his shrug and his flippantly red carnation flower, and they fell upon him without mercy . . .” (Cather 92). Paul is a character in the short story “Paul’s Case,” which was written by Willa Cather, who was not living a life that he wanted to. Cather did give me the impression that we should view Paul in an unsympathetic way in the beginning of the story, but by the end of it, my whole view on him changed. Throughout the…

In the story “Paul’s Case,” the author Willa Cather refers to a boy named Paul. He lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his dad. He did not like his teachers, the town he lived in nor his house on Cordelia street. He wanted to be around beautiful things and have fancy clothes. Paul only wanted to work in the Carnegie Hall; However, he did not want to be an actor, but he wanted to be around that kind of people. He knows he does not fit in and he dreamed of traveling abroad and getting out…

Heather. "Transcending Gender: Androgyny, Artistry, and Modernist Subjectivity in Willa Cather's O Pioneers!." Critical Insights: Willa Cather, 16 Sept. 2011, pp. 33-47. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=70841071&site=lrc-plus. Barry, Dave. “A Quote by Dave Barry.” Goodreads, Goodreads Inc, 2017, www.goodreads.com/quotes/3237998-but-nebraska-was-not-always-a-bed-of-roses-whe. Cather, Willa, and Marilee Lindemann. O Pioneers! Oxford: Oxford U, 2008.…

The author Willa Cather in “Paul’s Case writes about a young man that was troubled and misunderstood. Paul is never happy a young man at home or at school. Paul was known for being untruthful, in most cases for no reason. It is noticed, that while attending school, Paul’s behavior was unacceptable. It appears that Paul was an attention seeker, if he did not get his way when wanted to, he would cause mischief. The principal knew that Paul was not completely stable after researching more…