My Antonia "My Antonia," by Willa Cather has many symbols through out the novel. Symbolism reflects her own views as a child through her life. Some of these symbols are Jim's grandomother's garden and snake-killing incident. Jim's grandomother's garden made him fell as a part of nature, as hum...

"My Antonia," by Willa Cather has many symbols through out the novel. Symbolism reflects her own views as a child through her life. Some of these symbols are Jim's grandomother's garden and snake-killing incident. Jim's grandomother's garden made him fell as a part of nature, as human beings ...

"I think people ought to do what they want to do, what else are they alive for. (49)" This thought is what is reflected in both "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin and "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather. Both Baldwin and Cather illustrate the problem of a young man...

One of the most interesting characters in the book My Antonia by Willa Cather is Mr. Shimerda. Although he may not have as significant a role in the story as Jim Burden or the story's namesake Antonia, he provides us with a point of view from another stranger who is struggling to fit in in a n...

Immigration to America in the mind of a foreigner is more than but a dream that lasts for a mere moment of rest. The dream they posses of a land of peace and opportunity doesn't end with the rising sun. Their dream is a taste for the reality they long for all day and night. This longing toward ...

My Antonia - The American Dream In the novel, My Antonia, by Willa Cather, everyone seems to be trying to pursue the American Dream. While they all have different ideas of just exactly what the American Dream is, they all know precisely what they want. For some, the American Dream s...

"THERE was a curious social situation in black hawk. All the young men felt the attraction of the fine, well-set-up country girls who had come to town to earn a living, and, in nearly every case, to help their fathers struggle out of debt, or to make it possible for the younger children of the fam...

Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern I want to discuss the roles of women as seen in the film documentary, troublesome Creek: A Midwestern, and how that relates to our current reading and study of Western American Literature. In Troublesome Creek we see a typical farming family, the Jordan family...

a boy named Jody who learns how to be a man and how to lose a best friend. His family supports him and wants him to be a rancher. Jody had a hard ranch life in Northern California. Jody goes to a small school near his house. There are many mountains near his house which Jody is curious about. The...

Stradlater said, but I knew he probably wouldn't... "Ask her if she still keeps all her kings in the back row." "Okay," Stradlater said, but I knew he wouldn't. (p.33-34) This is seen again when he doesn't trust Stradlater to stop his advances of Jane in the case that she says no. Holden gives up ...

Catcher in the Rye is a fiction book written by J.D. Salinger in 1945. In the book the main character, Holden Caulfield, narrates to us the 1950's memory of his final day at the school Pency Prep and the mental breakdown he suffered in his expedition on the streets of New York. In Catcher in t...