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Resumo de Um dos nossos
- 8 min de leitura
- 10 parts
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A red-haired Nebraska farm boy struggles to find his place as war draws him toward France.
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Um dos nossos em resumo
Resumo: 8 min de leitura
- Tempo de leitura
- Cerca de 8 h 30 min6 h 45 min fast, 10 h 5 min slow
- Duração
- 121.400 palavras
- Nível na biblioteca
- Médio longer sentences, everyday words
- Primeira publicação
- 1922by Willa Cather
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Um dos nossos in short
One of Ours follows Claude Wheeler from a Nebraska ranch, where he is a clumsy, proud and unhappy boy, to the front in France. Along the way he meets a joking father, a devout mother, a faithful old servant, the Erlich family, and a wife who values duty above warmth. Each gives him something and takes something away.
What Um dos nossos is about
What happens to a young man who feels that the best of life is always happening somewhere else? Claude Wheeler wakes on a Nebraska farm on circus day, washes the car for a treat, and finds his father has arranged for him to haul stinking cowhides to town behind two braying mules.
One of Ours is a novel by Willa Cather, published in 1922. She based Claude on a cousin killed in France in 1918. It follows him from a creek-side ranch through a failed marriage and across the Atlantic to the trenches. You get a full portrait of a restless, decent, stubborn young man.
Para quem é. You will love this book if you enjoy a close study of one young life, rich prairie scenes, and war told through the quiet feelings of ordinary men.
The story in 10 parts
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Claude Grows Up Among Jokes and Mules
The story opens on Lovely Creek, near Frankfort, Nebraska. Claude is nineteen, red-haired and awkward, and he feels like the wrong sort of boy in the wrong sort of family. His father, Nat Wheeler, is a huge, easygoing man who teases anyone who is touchy. Claude is touchy.
Claude is sure his father watched him wash the car and then arranged the joke. His mother, Evangeline, is gentle and trusting, and she wants him saved by the church.
An older memory shows how deep the wound goes. When Claude is five, his father saws down a heavy cherry tree and calls it a joke. The boy screams with hatred and goes to the orchard for days to watch the tree wither. He is already afraid of being fooled, and he longs for someone he can admire.
Claude is not weak but misplaced, with an energy that has nowhere to go.
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Lincoln and the Erlichs Teach Him Talk
Claude's life changes when he slips into the history course at the State University.
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A Family Plan and a Girl Named Enid
Back on the farm, Nat Wheeler trades for a ranch in Colorado and sends Ralph to run it.
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A Marriage That Cools and a Wife Who Leaves
The wedding is a happy occasion for everyone but the couple.
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War Reaches Nebraska and Claude Answers
The war arrives through newspapers.
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A Crossing Full of Sickness and Freedom
The troop train that carries Claude east passes four wooden ships rising in a quiet meadow by the sea, and he feels they are a promise.
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France Gives Him Friends and a Front Line
France is not what Claude expected.
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The Ache for Something Splendid
The oldest question in the book is what a person is for.
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Mothers, Homes and the Fear of Being Fooled
A second thread follows the women and the homes they keep.
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How Cather Tells It
The book is divided into five parts, each with its own place and mood.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Claude Wheeler A red-haired, restless Nebraska farm boy who wants his life to mean something and cannot find where.
- Nat Wheeler Claude's huge, jovial father, who loves every kind of person and shows his love through teasing.
- Evangeline Wheeler Claude's gentle, devout mother, who feels his joys and griefs in her own body.
- Enid Royce The miller's pale, upright daughter who dreams of mission work in China and becomes Claude's wife.
- Ernest Havel Claude's Bohemian neighbor and friend, a practical farmer who reads history and thinks for himself.
- Mahailey The old Virginia woman who lives with the Wheelers and loves Claude with fierce, simple devotion.
- Gladys Farmer A poor, warm-hearted Frankfort schoolteacher who has always admired Claude and loves music and houses.
- David Gerhardt A violinist turned infantry lieutenant who becomes Claude's closest friend in France.
How it ends (spoiler)
Claude is killed in battle at the Boar's Head, after holding his men together when an enemy mine blows up the machine-gun post. David Gerhardt dies earlier under a shell while running to bring up lost reinforcements. Sergeant Hicks survives, sails home and plans a garage to honor his lost friend. Mrs. Wheeler hears of Claude's death by telephone and finds peace in his letters, believing he died faithful to a beautiful belief.
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What is One of Ours by Willa Cather about?
It follows Claude Wheeler, a restless Nebraska farm boy, through a joyless marriage and into World War I. The novel tells how he finds purpose and friendship in France while those at home struggle to understand him.
Is One of Ours based on a true story?
Cather said Claude was inspired by her cousin G. P. Cather, who was killed in France in 1918. The characters and events are fiction, but she drew on his letters and her own memories of Nebraska.
Who is Mahailey in One of Ours?
Mahailey is the old Virginia woman who lives with the Wheeler family. She cannot read, but she understands people deeply and loves Claude. She also remembers the Civil War and treats his service with solemn pride.
When was One of Ours published and what is its setting?
Cather published it in 1922. It moves from the Nebraska prairie and the University in Lincoln to a troopship, the French countryside, training camps and the Western Front in 1918.
Is One of Ours worth reading today?
Yes, it rewards readers who like character studies, rich scenes of farm life and travel, and honest war writing. Cather's clear prose, strong women and varied settings make it easy to follow and absorbing.
Cite esta edição
Cather, Willa. One of Ours. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/one-of-ours.
Cather, W. (2026). One of ours. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/one-of-ours (Original work published 1922)
Cather, Willa. One of Ours. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/one-of-ours.
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