Ántonia’s spirit made an impact on Jim, causing him to return to visit her as an adult. “I told Ántonia I would come back, but life intervened, and it was twenty years before I kept my promise” (My Ántonia 175). Life is personified to intervene, and given as a reason for why Jim was unable to return and visit Ántonia. Ántonia was so important to Jim because of her success, that he made a point of returning to visit her. “Not only the progenitor of a large, vigorous family, she is also the source of the fertility and energy that have transformed the barren Nebraska prairie into a rich and fruitful garden” (Lambert 46). Ántonia not only helped her family become successful, but she also raised many children to be successful as well. Ántonia’s
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is to show that women can become successful pioneers, even if the land works against them, as seen through similes, personification, juxtaposition, and arrangement. Similes show how important these women were to their families, inspiring them to persevere. Through personification, the land is shown to work against these pioneering women, making their success more impressive. Lastly, juxtaposition places these successful women among others who were not successful to emphasize their success as a result of them understanding the land. Even today, female pioneers have to have courage and determination to be successful in traditionally male-dominated fields.
Works Cited
Alumbaugh, Heather. "Transcending Gender: Androgyny, Artistry, and Modernist Subjectivity in Willa Cather's O Pioneers!." Critical Insights: Willa Cather, 16 Sept. 2011, pp. 33-47. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=70841071&site=lrc-plus.
Barry, Dave. “A Quote by Dave Barry.” Goodreads, Goodreads Inc, 2017, www.goodreads.com/quotes/3237998-but-nebraska-was-not-always-a-bed-of-roses-whe.
Cather, Willa, and Marilee Lindemann. O Pioneers! Oxford: Oxford U, 2008.
is to show that women can become successful pioneers, even if the land works against them, as seen through similes, personification, juxtaposition, and arrangement. Similes show how important these women were to their families, inspiring them to persevere. Through personification, the land is shown to work against these pioneering women, making their success more impressive. Lastly, juxtaposition places these successful women among others who were not successful to emphasize their success as a result of them understanding the land. Even today, female pioneers have to have courage and determination to be successful in traditionally male-dominated fields.
Works Cited
Alumbaugh, Heather. "Transcending Gender: Androgyny, Artistry, and Modernist Subjectivity in Willa Cather's O Pioneers!." Critical Insights: Willa Cather, 16 Sept. 2011, pp. 33-47. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=70841071&site=lrc-plus.
Barry, Dave. “A Quote by Dave Barry.” Goodreads, Goodreads Inc, 2017, www.goodreads.com/quotes/3237998-but-nebraska-was-not-always-a-bed-of-roses-whe.
Cather, Willa, and Marilee Lindemann. O Pioneers! Oxford: Oxford U, 2008.