There are many symbols in Cather’s novel that tell a lot about the character and the meanings of their lives. The landscape in Nebraska is one of the most important symbols in the novel and mainly symbolizes Jim’s character. Throughout the novel the landscape describes his feelings, his relationship with people, his present and his past. His strong feelings about the landscape in Nebraska stay with him even when he moves away to become a lawyer. When the landscape is empty with no trees, animals or people then Jim also has feelings of emptiness and loneliness within himself. “There seems to be nothing to see, no fences, no creeks or trees, no hills or fields. There was nothing but land, not a country at all, but the material out of what countries
