The Divide
Front and Center
At this point, we hope we don't even have to tell you that nature is an Extra,
Super, Very Important part of O
Pioneers! From the first line to the last, nature is everywhere
in...
The White Mulberry Tree
Credit Where Credit's
Due
With the White Mulberry Tree, we've got a straight-up allusion to both Shakespeare and Ovid. So, let's
get to it, and see what this allusion brings to O Pioneers!
Ov...
The Graveyard
It's The Circle of
Life
If you think about it, quite a few scenes in O Pioneers! take
place in the old pioneer graveyard. What gives?
Well, since we'll be talking about graveyards, it seems
a...
Books, Writing, Self-Expression
A Writer's Life
O
Pioneers! makes its fair share of reflections on the artistic
process, especially the process of writing.
Often, it seems like the struggle to survive on the Divide, to c...
The Portrait of John Bergson
Talk About Daddy Issues
As we discuss elsewhere (see Alexandra's "Character Analysis"), the figure of John Bergson continues to haunt his family,
especially Alexandra, long after his death. Sym...