Willa Cather makes an argument for the “modern woman” in My Ántonia (1918) by using the oft brazen sexuality of her female characters. While there are shades of a clearer take on the viability of an independent woman in Lena Lindgard’s aversion to marriage and Antonia’s willful determination as a single mother jilted by her lover‚ Cather uses the increasingly unabashed sensuality of both Ántonia and Lena in the second book of her novel (entitled “The Hired Girls”) as a means by which to capture
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English 32L Two Strong Individual Women Characters In My Antonia‚ Willa Cather portrays the two characters of Antonia Shimerda and Lena Lingard as strong‚ proud‚ and forceful individuals. These two have similarities but at the same time they are two very different characters. First off‚ in Jim’s nostalgic memoir of his childhood Antonia is a shy individual character‚ that doesn’t know where she belongs. Throughout the novel Antonia gradually escapes Jim’s emotional presentation to be a believable
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question whether Antonia would agree with the definition of happiness as described by Jim Burden is not easy to answer. The author does not go into too much detail regarding the actual thoughts of Antonia but there are several clues given by Jim Burden’s own opinions regarding Antonia’s feelings. Antonia is a person who does not find happiness very easily and it only comes to her fleetingly and with effort. The author‚ when describing Jim Burden’s opinions‚ gives the impression that Antonia would not agree
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Annotated Bibliography Scholes‚ Robert. “Hope in Memory in My Ántonia.” Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations: My Ántonia‚ Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Infobase Publishing‚ 1987. 31-35. (#18 a selection from an anthropology) In this article by Robert Scholes‚ it talks about the hope and memory in My Antonia. He says the characters find themselves by looking back at the past. He said “we are reminded of this past constantly: by the Bohemian customs and culinary practices of the Shimerdas;
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intrigues me. She’s gentle even though she’s lived on the farm her entire life and she manages to make the littlest things exciting with her charisma. In ways‚ her adventurousness and excitement make her similar to Tony. However‚ they differ in that Ántonia possesses a quiet beauty and inner strength that contrasts with Lena’s liveliness. It’s strange-- I dream the same dream “a great many times‚ and it [is] always the same. I [am] in a harvest-field full of shocks‚ and I [am] lying against one of them
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The novel The Zoo Keepers Wife‚ By Diane Ackerman ties together: stories‚ memories‚ and interviews centered on Antonia and Jan Zabinski and the Warsaw Jews that they saved during the Holocaust. One of the main characters Antonia played a tremendous role and definitely stood out in this novel. She took Warsaw’s Jews’ in‚ and provided them with a stable shelter to stay in during this war. I believe that it takes a brave person to house Jew’s especially during this time. Her mission was to preserve
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In her great works‚ O Pioneers! and My Ántonia‚ Willa Cather tells the story of the immigrant pioneer in America. “Willa Cather was born in 1873 in Virginia. When she was a child‚ her family moved to Nebraska . . . novels as My Ántonia‚ O Pioneers! . . . are derived from immigrant experiences on the nineteenth-century Nebraska prairie.” (Hooper‚ 2009) According to Hooper’s essay‚ Cather’s upbringing as an outsider on the prairie inspired her to write about immigrants. She herself felt like an
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many of the views of immigration already mentioned in My Ántonia. The secondary source‚ “Case Studies: Immigration Control” by BBC supports many of the claims that Willa Cather emphasizes in her book which makes it a strong secondary source. Immigration is not stated nor seen as a bad thing in My Ántonia as it clearly tries to let the world know of the harsh conflicts that immigrants are often faced with. The secondary source and My Ántonia both support the claim that immigration is not detrimental
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One girl whose grades slipped when she was left to care for her two younger brothers. One girl with purple hair and black lipstick who hides her love for playing the piano from her friends. These two unlikely best friends‚ Antonia Dillion and Jazz Luther‚ bond through their dysfunctional‚ parental issues. Jazz Luther is a rebellious‚ young teenage girl with black lipstick and purple hair. She comes from a rich family‚ plays piano‚ and has frequent disputes with her mother. In the book‚ Define
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cave with no utensils and furniture‚ as a simple bed they can use. Antonia and her father show grandma and Jimmy where they sleep and feel empathy for the conditions they live in as they sleep on the floor with a few warm blankets they made themselves out of animal skin. It is a week before Christmas and the storm got bad that Jake‚ Burden’s worker‚ could not go and buy the Christmas gifts. So‚ Jimmy wanted to give Yulka and Antonia books with picture so they can improve their English‚ but since Jake
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