Willa Cather's Three Different Philosophies Of Life

Willa Cather has different views on three different philosophies of life. Those philosophies include the Realistic, Romantic, and Naturalistic philosophies. In my opinion, Cather has a very Naturalistic view in her book because she does not have very many views from the Realistic side, but she has a lot of views from the Romantic side. Even though she has a lot of views from the Romantic side, she has even more views from the Naturalistic side.
Although, in Cather’s book, the Realistic view shows what actually happens and gets described in detail. In Part II, Chapter 5, Cather’s realistic view shows a scene of Emil and Marie in the field in the morning. The Realism of that scene shows what Carl had seen from his point of view. This scene shows,

In Part I, Chapter 5, Chapter 5 ends with an almost Romantic view because it shows how Alexandra felt the future stirring before her because of the land. It says, “She looked at the stars which glittered so keenly through the frost autumn air. It fortified to reflect upon the great operators of nature and she felt a sense of personal security. The chirping of the insects down in the long grass had been like the sweetest music. She had felt as if her heart was somewhere with the quail and the plover and all the little whild things that crooned or buzzed in the sun.” In Part II, Chapter 5, Marie has a Romantic view of the birds. She says, “Ivar’s right about wild things. They’re too happy to kill. You can just tell how they felt when they flew up. They were scared, but they didn’t really think anything could hurt them.” In Part IV, Chapter 8, when Ivar finds Emil and Marie dead, the part that the Romantic viewers have centered on seems as the way Emil and Marie were described when Ivar found them. It says, “She had lifted her head to her lover’s breast, taken his hand in both her own, and bled quietly to death… Her lips were parted a little; her eyes were lightly closed, as if in a dream or a light slumber.” In Part V, Chapter 1, Ivar has somewhat of a Romantic view as of why he goes barefoot. Ivar says, “The hands, the tongue, the

If they cause the damage, then the blame turns to them because they cannot do anything about it except accept what has happened. In Part II, Chapter 5, Carl has a Naturalistic view after watching Emil and Marie. After seeing Emil and Marie in the pasture and after listening to what Marie said about killing the duck, Carl decides that he needs his breakfast because he feels that he had seen enough that morning. In Part II, Chapter 12, Alexandra says, “All at once, in a single day, I lose everything; and I do not know why.” Her quote seems Naturalistic because she talks about Carl and how he has to go away. She does not want him to leave because he means everything to her and she has cared about him for a very long time. In Part IV, Chapter 4, Amédée has a Naturalistic pressure to keep his field machinery running. He has a Naturalistic pressure on him because he has $3,000 worth of new machinery to manage and the wheat has gotten so ripe that it will shatter within the next week. His wheat has got a grand full of berries, but he does not have enough header boxes to feed the thresher. In Part IV, Chapter 5, Alexandra has a Naturalistic thought about Amédée’s situation because it could have easily occurred the other way around where Emil was ill and Amédée was sad. In Part IV, Chapter 7, Frank comes home and finds Emil’s mare in his stable and after