In the short story, Neighbor Rosicky, Willa Sibert Cather portrays the pioneer experience in Nebraska. Neighbor Rosicky is a short story with ethnic elements, a slice of “Americana.” Cather tells the story of an ethnic group that came from Europe, the Bohemians, and also the Germans, the Scandinavians, the Danish. Their culture and their values […]
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Surviving Success To become a successful American one has to have a perfect life of money, luxury, family and work during the Civil War; after the civil war suddenly the people who found the best life that the people were the most blessed. Not everyone saw happiness as success, but for the most successful Americans, […]
A Life of Love One of Willa Cather’s greatest works is a short story entitled “Neighbour Rosicky”. Willa Cather grew up in Nebraska among the pioneering European immigrants and her writing style portrays men and women who struggle to find meaningful lives in the midst of adversity. In “Neighbour Rosicky,” the story is about Rosicky’s […]
Willa Cather was born in Virginia in 1873, but later moved to Nebraska with her family in her childhood. The experience at the core influenced his writing style, which included stories of immigrants as they settled and made a new life. Cathershort story “Near Rosicky” depicts the life of a Czech family man, Anton Rosicky. […]