Normally, the boy's family sends a match-maker to the girl's family to raise the proposal. ... The girl prefers the boy to take the initiative to go after her rather than the contrary. ... For instance, the boy's parents will meet the girl, or the girls parents meet with the boy. ...

• Word Count: 9974
• Approx Pages: 40
• Grade Level: High School

Wheeler eventually comes back to the kitchen and instructs his wife and Claude that "Cherries won't give you any trouble. ... Claude "wished he could do something to help that boy; help him get away from the doctor who was writing a book about him, and the girl who wanted to make the most of himself; get away and be lost all together in what he had been lucky enough to find" (Cather 1201). ...

• Word Count: 5298
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School