Allusions In O Pioneers By Willa Cather

Religion plays an important role in the narrative “The Sovereignty and Goodness of God” by Mary Rowlandson. The story is about a woman during the 1600’s. She is captured by Native Americans and separated from her family. The natives were upset that the immigrants were taking over their lands, so they burned downed their houses and kept the people captive. Mary uses a bible and her faith in God to help her get through the pain and separation.

Willa Cather’s novel O Pioneers! portrays two very different perspectives of loving relationships, the tense and passionate versus the warm and understanding. The marriage of Marie and Frank can be categorized as passionate. After meeting Frank at a picnic, the couple gets engaged. Her father is not pleased and shares his thoughts, “Engaged, indeed! You aren’t fit to be out of school, and that’s what’s the matter with you.

Another element soiled by the standards of America is the spirituality of the pioneers. The best example of this is illustrated in the novel’s character Ivar. While the church itself rejects Ivar and most of Hanover wants to send him to an asylum, he is probably one of the most spiritual people in the entire prairie. Ivar has a personal relationship

The first theme that can be seen in Psalm 78 is the continued disobedience of the Israelite ancestors. He reminds the people to not be like their stubborn ancestors who had little faith in God. The first example he uses comes from Judges 2. This story deal with the disobedience that led to their downfall. After the death of Joshua and a few generations went by the people

Daly is describing how William Bradford put his faith in God for their survival. He believed God sent them on a special mission, and that God would see them through all of the hard times. This is one of the reasons that William Bradford was such a powerful leader. The Pilgrims put God above all, and because William Bradford made it known that he did too, they followed him and trusted him. Without William Bradford’s leadership the Pilgrims would have been lost.

Analogous to Green Grass, Running Water, whom Bailey is expounding on, King’s newest book describes a multivocal discourse. However, instead of four different Indian women that change their names into pop culture icons, this story revolves around at least five characters consisting of at least two Indians, one white Canadian, and two mysterious indemnitees (Sonny and Crisp). The multivocal text subverts the authority that is assumed to be embedded in written texts. Bailey argues that the basic assumption that oral text can serve as a metalanguage which is capable of conveying the true nature of reality which the written text is unable to epitomize. Each time the Bible is represented orally in the novel (usually through Sonny) its meaning is presented incompatible with what its authors supposedly intended. Sonny states, “There are any number of musical instruments of which Dad approves; instruments that Dad has deemed to be appropriate accompaniment for joyful singing and dancing. Trumpets are a great favorite, as are kinnors, nebels, pipes, and

In his essay “Of Christians and Indian Loggers” author Tom Swift Bird uses rich imagery and figures of speech to detail the cultural and religious differences between the Indian people and American Christians, as well as state his views on modern Christianity. He speaks to the people who live outside of Reservations in a strong attempt to get them to understand the importance of culture in his life and the lives of his fellow Native Americans. He uses a narrative focused on the tale of three Indian loggers, hired by Christian men, in order to convey his message of cultural erasure.

1. Compare the narratives of Israel’s wilderness sojourn in Numbers with the summary presentations in Psalms 78 and 106.

Willa Cather demonstrates an imagery and symbolism set in nineteenth century of New Mexico. This history followed by the adventures of two refined French priests whose missions are to promote Catholic Church in Santa Fe. Their experience in these dramatic environments was causes to changes in men as they were experiencing movement of the undeveloped border. Both priests have devoted themselves to unselfishness and both show evidence of remarkable inner strength. They acted as they were relatives and agreement that they had remains strong throughout their victory and disappointed in the novel. As irritating problem as corrupt Spanish priests and the selfishness of the Navajo and Hopi, about the church and religion doesn't deter these men from pursuing their mission and their friendship. As they endure in their attempt to construct a Catholic church in the wilderness, these characters display a relationship with the land and the people who are powerful, due in most part to Cather's using detailed metaphors and imagery. "They were not crowded together in disorder, but placed in wide spaces, long vistas among. This plain might once have been an enormous city, all the smaller quarters destroyed by time, only

After reading the novel, O Pioneers! it was hard to judge whether it was a tragedy or a triumph. The only way I see it as a tragedy is that Emil and Maria died. I knew, since page six of the book that they were going to be together. It kind of broke my heart to see later on that she had married someone else. But when her and Emil got shot, I thought it may finish as a tragedy. But overall, I would see it as a triumph in the way that the Bergsons finally got what they wanted out of their land. It made them rich. Also, Alexandra and Carl finally married. And being that the whole novel was basically based on the land, they were triumphant in getting what they risked, what they longed for.

It seems that everything in Willa Cather’s O Pioneers!, aside from the land, starts out so full of life and ends so utterly devoid of it. It could even be said that the characters in the novel become imprisoned by their own lives. Marie is barred by her love, which, in the end, leaves her quite literally lifeless. Alexandra, who initially is so full of life, begins to view her life as unimportant and as a prison house. Even the spirituality of the pioneers is ever declining and dying away. Ultimately it is Frank who embodies the idea most obviously; in his youth Frank lives the life of a happy, handsome man, yet his life ends in utter despondence and literal imprisonment. How is it that all of these things can be drained of life while the American land is thriving with it? One could see the relationship between the land and the people that live on it as the American dream and those who live that dream. Invariably, the people who contribute to the flourishing of the land also contribute to the fallowness of their own life, just as those who indulge in the American Dream lose not only themselves, but their own dreams to it.

The life and testimony of the “chosen people” of God, in the past, are powerful Bible messages that could help Christians comprehend what it means to love and obey and to disregard and disobey God and His commands. In the previous section of this paper, I have discussed how Abel’s faith overcame the curse of sin and death in his life. His worship defined his unconditional love and obedience to God; As a result, God blessed and welcomed Abel in His presence. In contrast, Cain demonstrated his faith so selfishly. Therefore, the Lord did not regard him and his offering. Furthermore, Cain’s evil ways provoked God to drive him away from His presence. The story of Cain and Abel profoundly pictures both the blessings of faithful obedience and the curse of disobedience. Distinctively, worship is fundamental to people’s lives that it should be painstakingly attended. In essence, worship is a personal relationship with God; it intimately unites believers with God and His love that exudes life and power within them.

The attendance of the Lord as shepherd is present throughout the Holy Bible. Whether being accountable of the primary duty of providing animals with sufficient food and water, protecting the sheep, or just plain caring for the sheep like David, the responsibility of the shepherd is making sure every facet of a sheep’s life is taken care of. The rationale of this paper is to give an exposition of Psalm 23, while reflecting on Psalms as a whole, in order to give adequate evidence for arriving at a conclusion that proves the LORD is the only necessity in an individual’s life in regards to the role of a servant.

The authorship of Psalm 119 remains unknown. Most scholars believe the author to be King David because of its Davidic tone and expression. It is also assumed that this Psalm is written over a period of someone’s life, as it shows maturity as the Psalm progresses (Bible hub). Regardless of the identity of the Psalmist, Psalm 119 has very special and unique qualities. Psalm 119 is not only the longest chapter in the book of Psalms, but of the entire Bible. Some believe that since Psalm 119 is the longest chapter of the Bible, it shows the priority of God’s Word to God. (bible.org) Although Psalm 119 is quite a long chapter, it is written in a format that allows the reader to study and follow the structure of the psalm with ease. This specific Psalm is written in the form of an acrostic poem, meaning each section begins with a letter from the alphabet. In this case, each section, made up of eight verses, begin with each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Thus, the first eight couplets begin with aleph (A), the next eight begin with beth (B), then so forth in the same suit. (bible.org)

A synopsis of Psalm 90 is that man God is eternal, man is finite. Therefore man should repent of his sin, turn from his wicked way and be restored to the dwelling place of the Lord God. Also, because man’s days are numbered, he should seek to be the most productive during his youth as to reflect the glory of God. There is safety and peace in God’s design. good This theme of vocation and purpose is a constant theme in the both the Hebrew and Christian scriptures.