Essays on O Pioneers

Chapter 1 in part 5 of O Pioneers is titled Alexandra which is the name of the protagonist of the novel who influences all of the other characters in the story. This chapter is about the period after the death of Alexandra’s brother Emil and the love of his life, Marie, who were killed by Marie’s husband. The opening of the chapter is when Ivar and Signa notice that Alexandra is missing, and figure out that she is at the graveyard. The turning point happens when Ivar reaches Alexandra and she is finally at peace with the ...

Narrative point of view refers to the position of the narrator in relation to the story that one is narrating. As such, when evaluating the point of view of the narrator, one focuses on the relationship between the narrator and the characters in the story. There are three major points of view that narrators can adopt while narrating a story. These are first-person, second-person, and third-person point of views. Either of the foregoing points of views have different effect on the understanding and believability of the characters or the story being told, as is evident from O Pioneers! and ...

When considering the genre of Romantic Fiction, it is important to distinguish two main criteria. The first one is that the story should tell about the relationship and romantic love between two people. Secondly, the positive end of the story leaves the reader believing that love and relationship are very real and endure right next to them, and that love wins at all. In literature, realism expresses real situations, real people and real events, whereas romanticism shows messages by using fiction. Romanticism focuses on plot, hyperbole, metaphor and feeling. In contrast, realism focuses on characters, details, objectivity and separation ...