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...

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 ...