In Dorothy Lessing's, "To Room Nineteen" and in Willa Cather's, "Paul's Case" the protagonists, Susan Rawlings and Paul, respectively live two livesâ€"the physical self and the "other" self. The latter is what governs their every day motivationsâ€"th...

In "My Antonia," the friendship between Jim and Antonia is a lifelong bond that cannot be broken, and this is a constant theme throughout the novel. Jim and Antonia love each other, but they love each other more than romantically, they have the true bond of friendship, and it does not sha...

Realists always fall in love with the ones they grow up with." (Robert Frost). Then they get married and live a happy life with each other. That is how the story is supposed to go, right? Well, in Willa Cather's novel My Antonia, she puts a different spin on this fairy tale story. Desp...

How Does Antonia's Love for Jim Differ From His Love for Her? In My Antonia Written by Willa Cather, a young boy and girl meet at a young age and form a friendship of both love and trust. The young boy in the story is a kid by the name of Jim Burden who is a native Virginian. Jim was later ...

In a time where love was not the most important factor to a marriage, Jane Austen proves in her novel Pride and Prejudice that love can indeed conquer all. The love of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy faces many barriers that were eventually overcome as a result of their love for one another. When ...

In the story A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, we have two very bored people who find each other and give everything up just to be with one another. Frederick Henry and Catherine Barkley are young and confused about what they want out of life. They find each other during WWI and everything s...