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Willa Cather Willy Loman
1,381 wordsThe story Pauls Case by Willa Cather, and the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller both feature characters discontented with reality. Consequently, these characters, Paul and Willy Loman, respectively, exhibit similar behavioral patterns and elicit comparable reactions from their environment. Paul and Willy strive for an unattainable dream of wealth, power, and elegance, and fill their lives with lies in order to mislead themselves and others into believing they possess these attributes. Th...
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Willa Cather Jim Burden
1,473 wordsby My Antonia My Antonia by Willa Cather Author: Willa Silent Cather, Nebraska's most noted author was born in Virginia. At the age of ten she moved with her family to Webster County, Nebraska. Many of Cather's acquaintances and Red Cloud area scenes can be recognized in her writings. Cather wrote poetry, short stories, essays and novels, winning many awards. In 1920 she won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel One of Ours, about a Nebraska farm boy who went off to World War I. Willa Cather's reputa...
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Willa Cather Jim Burden
1,632 wordsA psychoanalytical look into Jim^? s search for a parent in contrast to the importance of the introduction. Willa Cather, My Antonia. In ^? My Antonia^? we notice there is more going on in this novel than just what is apparent immediately. Based on that assumption I made the realization that a simple regurgitation of facts would not be sufficient in order to explain the story behind the story. A psychoanalytical look at the characters will give a better understanding of action vs. intent of each...
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Jim And Antonia Willa Cather
648 wordsMy Antonia In My Antonia, Willa Cather emphasizes the importance of the past through Jim Burden s narration. Jim Burden realizes at the conclusion of the novel how much he enjoyed his childhood days and how much his memories mean to him. There are three events that Cather included in the novel which contribute greatly to the overall theme, concerning the importance of the past. One event is in Chapter II of Book III. Jim decides to write about his youth in Nebraska as Vergil has just done. As he...
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