my antonia
A detailed Summary of my antonia
How Does Antonia's Love for Jim Differ From His Love for Her?
In My Antonia Written by Willa Cather, a young boy and girl meet at a young age
and form a friendship of both love and trust. The young boy in the story is a kid by the
name of Jim Burden who is a native Virginian. Jim was later sent out to live in Nebraska
by his grandparents after the passing of his mother and father. The girl in the story is a
child by the name of Antonia Shimerda, Antonia is a native Bohemian who moved to
Nebraska in search of a better life for her family. The two met at a young age, and
developed a loving friendship. Jim's love for Antonia was based alone on their
friendship, and not on lust. Antonia's love for Jim was based on a somewhat maternal
love rather than friendship alone. The love of these two characters, carries throughout the
novel and is expressed fully at the time of their departures from each other.
Jim's love for Antonia contained aspects of great comradery an

If she was so proud of me, I was so proud of her that I carried my head high as I
novel, in return had both a loving friend and a child figure through a portion of her life.
Antonia's desire to care for Jim was overwhelming for him at times. Throughout the
protagonist, Jim Burden had a loving friend in Antonia. Antonia, the antagonist in the
warm, sweet face, her kind arms and the true heart in her; she was, oh, she was
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have had ten children. The births of ten children, all began with a young friendship early
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Approximate Word count = 655
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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