One of Ours

love once with Eric, but just for a moment. For her whole life, Margaret “had searched the faces of men for the look that lay in his eyes. She knew that look had never shone before, would never shine for her on earth again, that such love comes to one only in dreams or in impossible places like this, unattainable always. This was Love’s self, and in a moment it would die” (Great Short Works, 29). For Willa Cather this is how love exists. Happy relationships are plentiful, but the enchanted, all encapsulating

because it shows a peaceful farm with clouds hovering above it. The cover depicts the first part of the novel when Claude is one his farm in Nebraska. It shows his farm and his fortunate house in the view, and has peaceful shades of color making it an attractive book cover. I chose this image because One of Ours by Willa Cather has several different book covers. This is one of the most appealing to me because they not only provide a pretty picture but provide an illustration of events that occurred

WILLA SIBERT CATHER BIOGRAPHY Willa Sibert Cather was born in Winchester, Virginia on December 7, 1873 to Charles and Mary Cather. Willa’s father was a deputy sheriff and farmer, and her mother was a school teacher. When Willa was nine, in 1883, her family moved to the Nebraska prairie to follow her grandparents, William and Caroline in Webster County. The prairie life was an unfamiliar landscape, which was crucial in Cather’s life. In 1888, Cather decided that she wanted to become a surgeon

As nurses, one of our responsibilities is to educate and assess our patient’s learning needs. It is important for us to evaluate their health behaviors and identify areas where there may be a necessity for additional teaching. For example, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is common among the elderly population. COPD affects nearly thirteen million adults in the U.S. Although the disease is preventable and treatable, it is the third leading cause of death, 120,000 deaths every year are

Anne Frank quotes "Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.” Every parent wants their child to grow up to be successful, have good habits, and maintain good values. Parents spend most of their time protecting their kids from any wrong or misfortune that can come to them, they monitor every act of their kids such as ensure time is spent on education, invigilate their friend circle and so on. But little

Gandhi: One of the Greatest Leaders of Our Time Sarah Pepe   The leadership that will be discussed in this paper is that of Gandhi. The goal of this paper is to show the positive qualities he possessed as well as the beneficial actions that he performed as a leader to his people. He proves to be a moral servant leader who is a positive example of what leadership should be. The organization of this paper is as follows; the biography of Gandhi, his achievements, an analysis of his servant leadership

The leader that I chose to do my research on was Thomas Jefferson. He is one of our founding fathers, and he is the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (Freidel, 2006). He was the third President of the United States and the first president to win reelection and serve two terms. He was a great leader in politics that helped shaped the nation we live in today. Jefferson was born in 1743 in Albemarle County, Virginia; he inherited about 5,000 acres from his father and high social standing

A lot of people know of Samuel Adams, but do they know anything about him other than that he’s one of our founding fathers? Samuel Adams was one of many of our founding fathers. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was married to one Elizabeth Checkley from 1749 to 1757. He also worked as multiple things like a politician, a brewer, a revolutionary, and tax collector. I chose Thomas Edison for my project. I chose Thomas Edison because I’m interested in learning about his life and

Alexander Hamilton was selected for this project because of his involvement in our countries beginning and because he is known as one of our founding fathers. Hamilton was a major author of the Federalist Papers, the first Secretary of the Treasury, a member of the Constitutional Convention, founder of the Federalist Party and thought by many to be one of General George Washington's most trusted advisers. As impressive as his professional career may be, both his personal and professional life would

Foreword I decided to combine the two options for our project into one. I am doing it on both, Leadership of myself and the company I own. Background Captures From the Heart Photography, located in Wilmington DE, serves clients on location only in mainly DE, MD, PA and NJ however other states are offered with exceptions. The company was founded and operated by photographer Heather Szczesiak in 2012. Captures From the Heart Photography is a sole proprietorship and Heather is the sole employee