Willa Cather's "O Pioneers"
Beginning of paper
Until the late eighteenth century, any land located beyond the
Alleghany mountains was believed to be savage, uninhabited land. Thus, it
became known as the American frontier. According to Turner, the definition
of frontier means, "the meeting point between savagery and civilization and
a region ....
Middle of paper
.... four children to
a town called Red Cloud in Nebraska where they arrived to a place
uninhabited, but with much fortune and hard work ahead of them. 3 In 1890,
Willa attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she gained the
knowledge and creativity to write such beautiful work. In her first works,
Willa's animosity towards Nebraska was relevant in her work. 4 After she
went east in 1896 and became editor of McClure's Magazine and gained
success, her feeling toward Nebraska changed, wh ....
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