Pioneers - the representative literature of willa cather , this article reveals the author ' s love to land , passion to labor and aspiration after eudemonia expresses by these characters and indicates why she earned the title " champion of spirit merits in material civilization " was because of her respect for those merits 拓荒者》中几个主要人物形象的分析,揭示了作者通过这些形象所寄寓的对土地的眷恋、对劳动的热爱和对幸福的坚定追求,指出正是由于她对这些美德的推崇使她博得了“物质文明过程中精神美的捍卫者”的称号。