Neighbour Rosicky

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Themes

All Themes The Good Life The City vs. The Country Family, Community, and Kindness Money vs. Happiness

Characters

All Characters Anton Rosicky Mary Rosicky Doctor Burleigh Rudolph Rosicky Polly Rosicky

Symbols

All Symbols Rosicky’s Heart and Hands The Graveyard

Literary Devices

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Neighbour Rosicky

by Willa Cather

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

All Themes
The Good Life
The City vs. The Country
Family, Community, and Kindness
Money vs. Happiness

All Characters
Anton Rosicky
Mary Rosicky
Doctor Burleigh
Rudolph Rosicky
Polly Rosicky

All Symbols
Rosicky’s Heart and Hands
The Graveyard

All Literary Devices
Dialect
Flashbacks
Foil
Genre
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Personification
Setting
Similes
Style
Tone

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