A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather
by Barry Wright
Essay: A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather
Pages: 10
Rating: 3 stars
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Pioneers set off heading towards the west to escape the challenges they faced in the east. They had an idea of
what the west held for them, but none really understood. Newspaper and explorers portrayed the west with
endless possibilities. Thousands of men, women and children took a trip heading west to look for a place that held
their future. Once there they realized that there was a lot of work in order for them to succeed. The west changed
and shaped the people. The hardships made tough and worn humans. In order to survive they had to give up
what they knew and the customs that defined them. Clothing, food, and the weather changed. Men worked all day
on the farm. Women worked all day taking care of the children. Children did all the chores their parents couldn’t.
Work was their life and it formed them into people that were unrecognizable. The evolved to survive and had to
make sacrifices, but this doesn’t make them bad people. Within the story A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather, it
portrayed three things about Nebraska and Boston: living conditions, out of place, and isolated.
People in the two different places have different living condition as shown in Matinee. Culture in different states
and towns are never exactly the same. There will always be similarities, but because of the environment there are
changes. Minerals in the water in the U.S. are different the minerals in water that exists in Africa. In order to survive
when you move to a new place there is a period of time where you have to adapt to the new water. Sometimes,
your body change because of your surroundings. If you live in a place the survives on carbohydrates and then
move to place that has a lot of protein your body will thin because carbohydrates adds fat a...