In My Antonia by Willa Cather, women like Antonia and Lena share similar personality traits. Both of them were not the typical late 1800s women like the Hired Girls, they were more hard working and independent, which led them to having more successful lives. Using the feminist lense in this story shows how women don’t have to confine themselves to have a good life.
First off, in the beginning of the novel Antonia showed initiative right when Jim met her. She wanted to learn English and work on the farm even though that was not what was wanted of her, but she did it anyway. This gave her an advantage further down in life knowing how to tend to a farm and how to talk in more than one language. Lena was also very independent on that she didn't
First off, in the beginning of the novel Antonia showed initiative right when Jim met her. She wanted to learn English and work on the farm even though that was not what was wanted of her, but she did it anyway. This gave her an advantage further down in life knowing how to tend to a farm and how to talk in more than one language. Lena was also very independent on that she didn't