My Ántonia

hearing about his animals always seems to lighten the mood for me. Antonia is such a underrated hero. She is selflessly risking her life to protect people, some of which she did not know previously. Antonia’s friend Magdalena Gross is rather naïve in my opinion due to her stubborn ways of trying to live as normal of a life as possible. Although from the Nazi party 's overwhelming presence in Warsaw drives Magdalena to the zoo. Antonia is a genius woman. She thinks very quick on her feet and is…

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…

Positive Influencers on Jim “My Ántonia,” by Willa Cather, focuses on Ántonia Shimerda. Even so, the story is also Jim Burden’s story. He observes what other experience and learns from others in the story that save him from being a spoiled child. In addition to Ántonia, Lena Lingard, Mr. Shimerda, and Grandmother and Grandfather Burden are important influences in Jim’s life. Grandmother and Grandfather Burden greatly influenced Jim. They were good role models, they treated the immigrants…

Gender dictates one’s life. Gender is the division that separates all of society. This is demonstrated in Willa Cather’s My Antonia, Mindy Kaling’s “Type of Women in Romantic Comedies Who are Not Real,” and Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “More Room.” In Willa Cather’s My Antonia two childhood friends, Antonia and Jim, reunite with each other to share their experiences throughout life and observe how they and their family go through life differently due to gender views. In Mindy Kaling’s “Type of Women in…

Shimerda knew that one member of his family had to learn the language and was referring to Antonia to be the one to learn it from Jim. That being said, I believe that Antonia obtained the most information out of the two in Jim and her relationship. Jim was constantly taking her through his everyday actions in which Antonia or her family were not familiar with. "During those first months the Shimerdas never went to town. Krajiek encouraged them in the belief…

university in _____, she began exploring her zeal for writing, and eventually published her first novel, ___. Within this time, she also became deeply entrenched in Native American culture and history. Willa Cather explored the frontier in her novel, My Antonia, published in 1918, the third and final novel in her prairie trilogy. It became a success because of the beautiful story…

When Antonia and her family move to the countryside they only speak bohemian. Jim one day goes over to their house and meets the family respectfully. At the end of their meeting the father Mr. Shimerda, asks Jim's grandmother to, “te-e-each te-e-each My Antonia.”. The Grandmother then makes Jim teach Antonia throughout the summer and winter times. Their relationship starts to strengthen over this time and eventually Antonia is also teaching Jim. She teaches him things about the world, more than…

Yes Antonia would agree with this definition. if one is dissolved into something particular in their style , one may see that his/her abilities comes to them more natural than sleep . otherwise by saying that , just like playing basketball one may not have to work as hard as the other in one particular drill. or another may shoot better than the other , it comes natural to them just as sleep will come to a working man that kills hisself to put food on the table . Perhaps we feel like that when…

reader to focus on how a work reflects or distorts these gender norms in society. In My Antonia the gender lens can be applied to reveal the overarching theme of self reliance. More specifically the gender lens can be applied to reveal the self-reliance of pioneer women such as Lena and Antonia. Although many prairie women conform to the accepted norm of becoming a housewife and mother some choose to defy. Lena and Antonia are both self-reliant prairie women who defy gender norms throughout the…

would dance and sing weekly, and I also saw old pictures of the people that used to live in Croatia. My great grandma Emily Janet Grednesyak parents were born in Croatia and they emigrated to America. My grandmas first language was Croatian, until she went to school and learned English. One of her favorite memory was gathering on Friday nights, and dancing with her family and friends. My favorite part about Croatian day was the food. I tried many different foods, including sarma, which…