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My Antonia was written by Willa Cather in 1918. The story stars out with a young boy named Jim Burden. E travels by cross- country train to live with his grandparents at the age of ten. His grandparents live on the Nebraska frontier. He has just recently lost both of his parents, and he is accompanied by a farm hand named Jake. On the same train is a bohemian family that can barley speak English. They are going to the same place. When Jim reaches the station he is greeted by Otto Fuchs, an Austrian desperado cowboy. Soon Jim goes to meet the bohemians that were on the train with him. Jim meets Mr. Shimerda, an educated musician; Mrs. Shimerda, a very complaining and demanding woman; the oldest son Ambrosch, who is stubborn; Marek, a mentally challenged boy; and Yulka, a young and pretty girl. The oldest daughter is named Antonia. Antonia and Jim instantly become friends, and they spend a lot of time together. Jim also tries to teach her English. The Burdens try to help out the Shimerdas as much as they can, because the Shimerdas are not doing so well in the new country. Summer passes, and soon winter comes. Jim gets very si
Jim goes to a college called Lincoln. He becomes very close with his Latin instructor Gaston Cleric. One day Lena Lingard, one of the hired girls comes to visit him, and they start going to plays together. Gaston notices that Jim is slacking off in his work and asks him to go to Harvard with him. Jim agrees to go. Two years later, before entering law school, Jim returns to Black Hawk, where he hears about Antonia's pregnancy and engagement to Larry Donovan. She followed him to Denver, but he ran off soon after she arrived. She returned to her family's farm where she had her child, avoided people, and worked on the land. Jim goes to visit her and tells her how much she means to him. Jim promises to return again to visit. Jim does not return until twenty years later after finding out that Antonia had gotten married to Anton Cuzak, and now has about ten or eleven children. When he arrives on the Cuzack farm, he is greeted by many of her children. Antonia doesn't immediately recognize him, but is very excited when she does. Jim is happy to see Antonia doing so well, and sleeps in the farm with two of the boys. The next day he meets Cuzack, who was away on a vacation. Jim likes him immediately. The next day Jim le
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Approximate Word count = 820
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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