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Dr. Ed Burleigh
Dr. Burleigh is an unmarried doctor in the small farming community where the Rosickys live. A young man, but ‘‘solemn’’ and already getting gray hairs, Dr. Burleigh provides the reader with the initial view of Rosicky as a happy and untroubled man. This view is deepened and qualified as the story progresses. Cather uses Burleigh to provide a frame for the story. Just as he introduces readers to Rosicky, Burleigh also provides a way for readers to say farewell to him, when, at the end of the story, Dr. Burleigh stops by the graveyard where Rosicky is...
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