One of Ours (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Willa Cather
- First Published: 1922
- Type of Plot: American symbolism
- Time of Work: The first quarter of the twentieth century to World War I
- Setting: Frankfort and Lincoln, Nebraska, and the battlefields of France
- Principal Characters: Claude Wheeler, Evangeline Wheeler, Nat Wheeler, Ralph Wheeler, Bayliss Wheeler, Mahailey, Ernest Havel, Mrs. Erlich, Enid Royce, Gladys Farmer, Victor Morse, David Gerhardt, Madame Joubert
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, North America or North Americans, Self-discovery, United States or Americans, France or French people, Midwest, 1910’s, Farms, farmers, or farming, World War I, Nebraska
- Locales: France, Nebraska, Frankfort, NE, Lincoln, NE
The Novel
One of Ours documents the period of Claude Wheeler’s life from his college years in Nebraska to his death in the trenches during World War I. Claude is a young man who is constantly searching for his place in life, needing to feel that he belongs and that his life should have some clear purpose. Although he is an extremely competent farmer, far better in fact than either of his brothers or his father, he is not fulfilled by farm life, and though he is a good student, he believes that the church-affiliated college he attends does not provide the intellectual...
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