The Professor’s House: A Loss of Identity In Willa Cather’s The Professor’s House, we see a changing persona in Godfrey St. Peter. Early in the story, St. Peter is a man continually looking and preparing for his future, a man who holds dear to his principles and ideals. The story concludes with an almost frail St. Peter, withdrawn from everything he deems important in his life. He abandons everything that has made …showed first 75 words of 1789 total…

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