Essay On My Antonia

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My Antonia by Willa Cather is an American novel that narrates the story of a few immigrant families who move to rustic Nebraska. My Antonia is situated in pioneer-period Nebraska and is the story of most perceptibly the complexity of Antonia Shimerda, the deprived child of Bohemian immigrants and Jim Burden, an intuitive Virginian who was orphaned at the age of ten, is sent to live with his grandparents in Nebraska. Jim Burden is the protagonist that narrates his memoir in his own point of view.
The setting of the story has an immense effect on the plot and characters in the novel My Antonia. My Antonia takes place in Black Hawk, Nebraska. Black Hawk is a city that is comprised of blend between the town and the cultivating. Due to its productive …show more content…

The drop of temperature and snow affected families that make a living on farming. They couldn't cultivate because of the fact that the crops would freeze and since the Shimerda's had scarcely anything to aid them they had to eat little and live in a small house. After all the harsh times the Shimerda's experienced, they still needed to cope the passing of their father.
Within the novel, we witnessed that Jim has a devoted love for Antonia but their relationship is tested when they take different paths in their lives. Jim Burden moved into town and started going to a university in Lincoln while Antonia took a job as a housekeeper to support her family.
The story is narrated by Jim Burden’s point of view. Jim Burden is said to be modeled on Willa Cather herself. He goes back at the occasions of his childhood from the viewpoint of an adult.
Tone plays an important role in the book “My Antonia” by Willa Cather. The point of view is of Jim Burden recalling at his life and his companionships as a grown-up so the tone is narrative. Overall, the tone of the story is sad because of the dismaying events that arose. One was the passing of Antonia's dad Mr.Shimerda. Antonia and her family have a difficult time adapting to the new environment. He got so unfortunate to the point that he took his own particular

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