Imagine taking a train trip across the country all by yourself but you keep catching yourself admiring this one certain person In My Antonia a novel taking place in the late 1800s by Willa Cather Jim Burden the narrator of the novel takes a journey across the great midland plains of North America He is sent by train to his grandparents in Nebraska by his Virginia relatives On this train is when Jim first hears of Antonia Shimerda a Bohemian girl who he gains more and more interest for The admir
Life on the American Plains as a Source of Wholeness and Self Sufficiency in My ntonia Willa Cather born in Virginia in 1873 moved to the Nebraska Divide when she was nine years old and then later to Red Cloud Nebraska Her memories of her time in Nebraska and the frontier life she both experienced and observed greatly impacted her writing Although Ms Cather did well as a writer her novels O Pioneers 1913 Song of the Lark 1915 and My ntonia 1918 about heroines of the western frontier led to her
Economic historical context of women in My Antonia Women in the late 1800s began a transformation that would remain as a lasting phenomenon During this time period the US witnessed the creation of the new woman From Antonia who is a farm laborer to Tiny who owns and manages her own business the new woman is portrayed extensively in Cathers My Antonia The goal of this paper is to analyze the new woman from an economic perspective by creating a historical context Although the scope of the paper i
In My Antonia by Willa Cather there are many life lessons that are portrayed throughout the book for every character Throughout Jims life he learns many lessons as well Some of the lessons he learned on his own while other lessons he learned from other people who helped him through life One of the main lessons that Jim learns throughout this book and his life is friendship outlasts all things including the prejudice of people Jim is a man who does not care about what others think throughout his