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Essay on My Antonia: Love Account of a Pioneer Woman

My Antonia by Willa Cather is a love account about a pioneer woman. Antonia enters into the story as a young girl and matures throughout the novel. One of her beloved friends Jim Burden describes to the readers exactly how entrancing Antonia really is. Antonia changes from a manly lifestyle, coming to mature to a young woman, and ending up being an astonishing mother.

After the death of her father, Antonia launches the boyish side of herself. For example, the quotation "She had come to us as a child and now she was a tall, strong young girl..." explains to the reader that she is now experiencing a life of hard, strenuous work. Antonia is performing men's duties now and is leading more of a masculine life. One would say that Antonia is " filling her father's boots"; because of the laborious tasks she is performing. In addition, Antonia enlightens the readers that she does not have enough time to do activities that women do when she states, " I ain't got time to learn. I work like mans now..." Working on th


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  • Antonia enlightens the readers that she does not have enough time to do activities that women do when she states, " I ain't got time to learn. I work like mans now..." ...

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