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)