One example of Willa Cather using nature symbols is the light. Cather uses light to refer to change. Anytime that there is a big change coming in the book, there is a reference to the light. One example of this is when in the beginning of the book when Jim meets Antonia for the very first time he describes her eyes as being, "big and warm and full of light,". Another time that light is used to symbolize change was at the very ending of the book after Jim left Antonia, he "sat down and watched the haystacks turn rosy in the slanting sunlight."
One example of Willa Cather using nature symbols is the light. Cather uses light to refer to change. Anytime that there is a big change coming in the book, there is a reference to the light. One example of this is when in the beginning of the book when Jim meets Antonia for the very first time he describes her eyes as being, "big and warm and full of light,". Another time that light is used to symbolize change was at the very ending of the book after Jim left Antonia, he "sat down and watched the haystacks turn rosy in the slanting sunlight."