Author Willa Cather embedded literary devices, such as metaphors, similes, and personification, within her writing.
"As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water is the sea. The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first washed up. And there was so much motion in it; the whole country seemed, somehow, to be running."
"The grave, with its tall red grass that was never mowed, was like a little island."
"Winter comes down savagely over a little town on the prairie. The wind that sweeps in from the open country strips away all the leafy screens that hide one yard from another in summer, and the houses seem to draw closer together. The roofs, that looked so far away across the green treetops, now stare you in the face, and they are so much uglier than when their angles were softened by vines and shrubs.
There is a reason they are hard workers and know a little bit on farming, and have responsible behavior. Living on a farm instead of the city really turns a person into a better person. Growing up with responsibilities and hard work teaches you a whole lot.
A setting I can relate to is them working on the farm. After working a day on the farm can actually make you feel pretty good. More then staying in the house all day and getting that sick from staying in so long. But when you step outside you feel much better. Hard work helps you through life and makes life easier. Work teaches you many things, and brings you out to be a better grown up not only for yourself but to others as well.
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