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This 4 page report discusses Willa Cather's 1918 novel and the relationships between young Jim Burden, Antonia Shimerda, and Antonia's
father. Young Jim is himself is something of an immigrant, the proverbial stranger in a
strange land, when he goes to live with his grandparents in Nebraska. It does not come as
any surprise that he so relates to and connects with the Shimerda family. In them,
especially Antonia and her father, he sees much of himself. Bibliography only lists the
primary source.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BWwillaC.rtf
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simple, descriptions of prairie life and events. Initially, the student reading the book will suspect that the story and its characters are much more simple that they turn out to
be. The comfortable tone of the narrative is deceptive in terms of the depth of feeling and awareness it ultimately reveals. Willa Cather is the sort of author
people read because they are told they "should" or that it is "required." In that process, the reader discovers that Cathers writing, especially in "My Antonia" presents a clear
and meaningful story for the typical 21st century American who is as caught up in their life as Jim Burden was or one who daily deals with and conquers
challenges every bit as fierce as those encountered by Antonia Shimerda. But what shines through in virtually every aspect of the book is the relationship between Antonia and Jim (who
as an adult and New York City lawyer had become "James Quayle Burden" rather than just "{Jim"). Regardless of the fact that it has come to be classified as "young
adult" fiction, readers of any age will have to acknowledge its clear sweetness and spirit and the ways in which adult sensibilities are shaped in childhood. Young Jim is himself
is something of an immigrant, the proverbial stranger in a strange land, when he goes to live with his grandparents in Nebraska. It does not come as any surprise that
he so relates to and connects with the Shimerda family. In them, especially Antonia and her father, he sees much of himself. Jims Attraction to Antonia and Her Father The
reader understands from the moment that the conductor tells Jim and Jake about the immigrant family riding in the "immigrant car" that these people will be important in Jims life.
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