FRIENDSHIP OF ANTONIA AND JIM “Since I’ve been away‚ I think of you more often than of anyone else in this part of the world. I’d have like to have you for a sweetheart‚ or a wife‚ or my mother or my sister anything that a woman can be to man (Cather 240). In Willa Cather’s My Antonia‚ Jim Burden spoke those words to his lifelong love‚ Antonia Shimerda. Jim and Antonia were close friends‚ but were so far apart in other aspects; therefore‚ they never got a chance to be husband and wife. One reason Jim
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novella “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” portray the effects of prison life including the rising and the falling of certain prisoners‚ along with the friendships and connections made. Along with the film and the novella‚ “Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather and “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato share similarities with King’s novella. Each prison has its leaders and its followers‚ but Red seems to be one of its leaders‚ soon to follow—Andy Dufresne. In the beginning of the film‚ the new prisoners
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Cather novels usually bring the idea of her age and her personal happiness and sufferings. Shadows on the Rock is of no exception. Her first visit to the city of Quebec and its history and its Roman Catholicism and its European tradition kindles her imaginative power. It became the inspiration for her novel‚ Shadows on the Rock. The story of Euclide Auclair‚ an apothecary ‚ clearly pictures many effects of Old and New World Origins. The family is the primary source of this novel. For Madame Auclair
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Antonia exhibits multiple characteristics in the book “My Antonia” by Willa Cather These characteristics lead to Cather being very admirable of Antonia. It is very simple to admire Antonia while reading this book. She is a very admirable person. One of the intensely portrayed characteristics is that Antonia is a hard worker as I stated in the earlier essay. From the moment she and her family arrived she displayed very good work ethics and never ever second guessed herself. She worked on the prairie
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Sometimes in movie production a film is developed from a piece of literature. Directors will use the plot of a book either to create a unique movie‚ or to give the audience a chance to see what their favorite book is like when acted out on the screen. Willa Cather’s "Paul’s Case" is a good example of a work adapted to video. The movie has slight differences from the book‚ but the director Lamont Johnson follows the original closely. Most movies that are inspired by books hold some relation to the author’s
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American Literary Movements Puritanism (17th century) - a style of writing that adhered to five basic tenets of religious life: original sin‚ limited atonement‚ irresistible grace‚ perseverance of the saints‚ and predestination. Puritans believed that God divinely controls the universe and all humans‚ regardless of social or economic status‚ are equal in God’s sight. Central to Puritan success is the extreme self-determinism that still contributes to American idealism. Important writers of this
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Pleading False Innocence: A Study In Temperament Paul‚ the major character in Willa Cather’s short story‚ goes through his world awkwardly and never really feels comfortable in his own skin and feels that he can’t really fit in anywhere. He is completely in love with art‚ theater‚ and music in which his current job as an usher at Carnegie Hall in Pittsburgh allows him to satisfy his obsession with art. Paul has the thought in his head that art is a kind of fantasy land and uses the art as a
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and families went west to seek their fortune and a home on what was once called the great American desert. Moving westward was a difficult process‚ and many were forced to leave their old lives behind completely. In "A Wagner Matinee‚" written by Willa Cather‚ the characterization of Aunt Georgiana‚ a woman who leaves Boston to elope with a young man going west‚ is used to illustrate the theme; that sometimes decisions need to be made‚ and although one might regret it‚ one love must be sacrificed for
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There’s No Place Like Home " The Sculptor’s Funeral"‚ a short story by Willa Cather‚ emphasizes the behavior and idea of parochialism & provincialism. What’s interesting is that this idea is shared by Harvey Merrick‚ the main character‚ as well as the townspeople who resent him for leaving. " Harve never was much account for anything practical and he shore was never fond of work" (Cather par. 56) Why is this? Could there be different levels of parochialism? One person may feel that home
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When I was reading “Paul’s Case A Study in Temperament” by Willa Cather‚ the character reminded me of the young version of my cousin. He used to strive against everyone and having a difficulty of trusting people just like Paul. Throughout the story‚ Paul was raised by a single family and experiencing the teenage rebellion. Somehow I feel about Paul was self-willed because of what he had done to his teacher. Willa mentioned‚ “The insult was so involuntary and definitely personal as to be unforgettable”(1)
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