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...There is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, tho' they come from the ends of the earth! KIPLINGIT happened by mere chance that the September day on which ProfessorVincent Burgess, A.B., from Boston, first entered Sunrise College asinstructor in Greek, was the same day on which Vic Burleigh, overgrowncountry boy from a Kansas claim out beyond the Walnut River, signed upwith the secretary of the College Board and paid the entrance fee forhis freshman year. And further, by chance, it happened that the twoyoung men had first met at the gateway to the campus, one comingfrom the East and the other from the West, and having exchanged thecourtesies of stranger greeting, they had walked, side by side, up thelong avenue to the foot of the slope. Together, they had climbed thebroad flight of steps leading up to the imposing doorway of Sunrise,with the great letter S carved in stone relief above it; and, afterpausing a moment to take in the matchless wonder of the landscape overwhich old Sunrise keeps watch, the college portal had swung open, andthe two had entered at the same time.Inside the doorway the Professor and the country boy were impressed,though in differing degrees, with the massive beauty of the rotunda overwhich the stained glass of the dome hangs a halo of mellow radiance.Involuntarily they lifted their eyes toward this crown of light andsaw far above them, wrought in dainty coloring, the design of the greatState Seal of Kansas, with its inscription They saw something more inthat upward glance. On the stairway of the rotunda, Elinor Wream,the niece of the president of Sunrise College, was leaning over thebalustrade, looking at them with curious eyes. Her smile of recognitionas she caught sight of Professor Burgess, gave place to an expression ofhalf-concealed ridicule, as she glanced down at Vic Burleigh, the big,heavy-boned young fellow, so grotesquely impossible to the harmony ofthe place.As the two men dropped their eyes, they encountered the upturned faceof a plainly dressed girl coming up the stairs from the basement, with a

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A Midwestern Sunset

by Jay Chen from Ohio on 2003-07-13
Although this is the only McCarter novel that I have thus read, the plot of the text is interesting and the language used to describe the setting in the novel is romantically beautiful. The first few chapters of the novel, the introduction, is absorbing and unique and will completely draw you in, and the beautifully written prose of the text is somewhat akin to a 19th century painting depicting the vastness of the open Midwestern backcountry. The education of the characters in the text makes a poignant case that symbolizes the friction encountered between the American West and East regarding the taming of the vast Midwestern Wilderness in the beginning of the early 20th century, a period in American history during which heavy industrialization was occurring in the Eastern seaboard and settled development of the Western plateaus appeared eminent. However, after the first few chapters, the text begins to get bogged down, mostly because the poetic prose becomes too flowery and mundane to hold up the plot and the character. Although the setting revolves around the inception of a new college on the Midwestern prairie, we are introduced to only about half a dozen main characters. More characters show up at each interval of the story, however, character development does not appear to be McCarter's strong suit since there is much left to be desired in the attributes of her main characters. The periphery characters that do show up in the story have almost no development behind them. It is sadly unfortunate that weak character development and unrealistic ties between the character mar McCarter's otherwise elegant and descriptive prose. Beyond the character development, McCarter's plot is original and well conceived, however, its execution is awkward and tiresome after several uneventful chapters and the text risks losing the readers in middle of the story. There are also several very awkward and unrealistic plot twists that should come as no surprise to the reader but nevertheless, will puzzle the reader's senses. Overall, this is a fine novel, written in breathtakingly beautiful language that conveys to the reader all the magnificent, beauty of a Midwestern sunset. As a high school student, I found the text easy to understand and enjoyed the glimpse into the nervous and prospective mindset of the college students as they develop and evolve through the years of college life in the pursuit of a Master's Degree. Even though the story was written nearly a hundred years ago, there are several crucial ideals behind the text that I could easily empathize with. The plots behind the story should challenge no one and the allusions and symbolism in the text should be easy to identify. This is a story with such tremendously superb command of language and vivid descriptions that, were it not for its weak and laborious flow of development, may as well have become an America Classic.

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