In the novel “My Antonia” by Willa Cather, it is debatable whether characters Jim or Antonia learned more throughout their relationship. Personally, I believe that Jim learned more throughout their relationship. Considering that Jim is the narrator of the story, we get to see his inner thoughts, and never have confirmation of Antonia’s feelings, we just know what Jim thinks she has learned. Most first-person narrators can be considered unreliable, because we will never be certain on the feelings and thoughts of other characters. We are experiencing Jim’s story in the novel.
Jim learns multiple things about Antonia and her personality, including the way she lives. Such as she’s “most comfortable only when we were tucked down on the baked earth, …show more content…
I think that she admired this trait especially when compared to Jim who was more fearful and hesitant. Jim admires Antonia’s impulsiveness as well, even though he realizes the danger of it, he admires that Antonia is willing to take risks that he is not.
WRITING ASSIGNMENT 2:
Write a 250-word formal essay, correctly citing all reference materials in APA format, on this topic: "Pioneer Living Conditions in Nineteenth-Century Nebraska"
Pioneer living conditions in nineteenth century Nebraska was not particularly an easy life. They valued hard work, self-reliance, and the refusal to submit to adversity. Many people lived in sod houses with dirt floors. Although the floors were not always ideals, with the many bugs and snakes that could get in through the floor, the sod walls were great insulating material, that kept heat in during the winters. Settler families tended to live in their sod houses six or seven years. If the exterior was covered over with whitewash or stucco, the houses could last much longer. Weather greatly affected the lives of the Pioneers. Since Nebraska is in the middle of the continent, there are extremes of weather there that are not experienced on the coasts. Every group that has lived there has had to find way to cope and thrive through the extreme weather
Jim learns multiple things about Antonia and her personality, including the way she lives. Such as she’s “most comfortable only when we were tucked down on the baked earth, …show more content…
I think that she admired this trait especially when compared to Jim who was more fearful and hesitant. Jim admires Antonia’s impulsiveness as well, even though he realizes the danger of it, he admires that Antonia is willing to take risks that he is not.
WRITING ASSIGNMENT 2:
Write a 250-word formal essay, correctly citing all reference materials in APA format, on this topic: "Pioneer Living Conditions in Nineteenth-Century Nebraska"
Pioneer living conditions in nineteenth century Nebraska was not particularly an easy life. They valued hard work, self-reliance, and the refusal to submit to adversity. Many people lived in sod houses with dirt floors. Although the floors were not always ideals, with the many bugs and snakes that could get in through the floor, the sod walls were great insulating material, that kept heat in during the winters. Settler families tended to live in their sod houses six or seven years. If the exterior was covered over with whitewash or stucco, the houses could last much longer. Weather greatly affected the lives of the Pioneers. Since Nebraska is in the middle of the continent, there are extremes of weather there that are not experienced on the coasts. Every group that has lived there has had to find way to cope and thrive through the extreme weather