"Tom Outland's Story" by Ian Williams.

An Inspirational Diary

Located in the middle of Willa Cathers The Professors House, the diary of deceased tomcat Outland is edited by his friend and mentor, Professor St. Peter. The author inserts the diary, called turkey cock Outlands Story, to balance the beginning and the ending of the book, where there is a forceful change in the history professors character that is similar to Toms. The redaction experience sparks a liveliness-changing revelation that is initiated by the details of his friends previously unobserved emotions during the time that he was excavating an ancient pueblo civilization in New Mexico.

At the beginning of the book, it is demonstrated that St. Peter is becoming old and is changing negatively. His wife notes this by saying, How irritable and unreasonable he is becoming! (81). The professor is also being very no-account of his life, namely his kids, his history books, and the new house. He even tries to fend his new house by continuing to work at his old house. He shows this regret while talking to his wife during an opera by saying, its been a mistake, our having a family and writing histories and acquire middle-aged. We should have been picturesquely shipwrecked together when we were young (78).



He is noting that his unit life is a mistake that he cannot change; he even shows how ardently he wishes to live another life when thinking in bed prior to the conversation with his wife:

That night, after he was in bed, among unaccustomed surroundings and a little wakeful, St. Peter still played with his idea of a picturesque shipwreck, and he cast about for the particular critical point he would have chosen for such a last (79).

With such thoughts, it is apparent that he is not enjoying his family life. He begins...

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