The Professor's House - Willa Cather

Willa Cather delves into the contradictions of the human soul and its worlds. It deals with moral crises and their repercussions in light of the control and dominance of money in American society, which becomes an incentive for exploitation in the name of law. The author also refers to the always ambiguous American policy in its dealings with many issues, including the issue of the “Red Indians”, as it singles out an entire chapter on Tom’s life and adventures in the southwest, and his discovery of the “cliff city” in that “messy” desert table in Arizona, which is currently a landmark. An important heritage in the United States of America. The most important event in the novel is the invention invented by Tom Outland, who obtains his patent before he goes to participate in the First World War and is killed, leaving a will that creates a crisis between the characters, after the wealth achieved by the invention and raises many questions; Who is responsible for this invention? Is it for Dr. Crane, who wasted his time with Tom, giving him advice and providing him with a physics lab so he could apply his equations and experiments? Or to his fiancée, according to the will written by Tom? Where is the law and personal integrity in all of this?

Pages: 264