Willa Cather's My Antonia was about the life and struggles of an immigrant's life from a very early age. Her trials: her beloved father's suicide, having to work for her family to survive, being hired out as a maid, working for the despicable Cutters, almost being raped, being che...

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...

Society molds the road that a man decides to take in life. Man is affected by the pressures of his surroundings, and his direction in life is determined by the people of higher influence. "The Sculptor's Funeral" by Willa Cather clearly demonstrates the influence that people can ha...