Passage 1 Passage 2
Which common theme from American literature
do BOTH passages develop?
differences between social classes
Willa Cather's 1913 novel O Plonoorsl, tolls the story of the
Bergson family, Swedish immigrants living in the farm
country of Nebraska near the turn of the twentieth century
Alexandra Bergson, the main character inherits her father's
farmland, and while other families are giving up life on the
prairie, she tries to make the farm a business vonture and
home. This excerpt from Chapter V of Part I: The Wild Land"
begins with Alexandra and her brother, Emil, riding home
after looking at farmland for sale.
importance of family over property
determination in the face of hardship
Excerpt from o Pioneers!
by Willa Cather
reverence for Earth and nature
... When the road began to climb the first long
swells of the Divide, Alexandra hummed an
old Swedish hymn, and Emil wondered why his
sister looked so happy. Her face was so
radiant that he felt shy about asking her.
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