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Willa Sibert Cather's O Pioneers ! And My Antonia

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Willa Sibert Cather's O Pioneers ! And My Antonia
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1) Shoba V, Nagarai P. “Lovers of Nature in Willa Sibert Cather’s O Pioneers! And My Antonia –An Econcritical Analysis Language in India [serial online]. February 2013..13(2) 637-653. Available from: Communications & Mass Media Complete. Ipswich, MA. Accessed November 9. 2013
a) This articles speaks of the relationship with man and nature, how the Shimerdas undergo a struggle that faces them right against nature itself. It also relates the land from Nebraska to death. The land of Nebraska has killed many before, and even though the new world calls for great opportunity, to the Shimerdas, like for many other immigrants it called for destruction and misery. The article also speaks how in the end mother nature was great to Antonia and Jim, how their life’s turned out great after all and they couldn’t be anything else but happy.
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This article triggers questions about Antonia and Jim. It makes me think of how much nature, or better yet destiny shaped their life. The question of how it affected them and if they had been under another type of nature if their life’s had meant to be together. An argument that provoked thought in me was that the Nebraska land could signify death. I had never thought about that but it could be considered truth since Mr. Shimerda committed suicide. I can accept what the critic is saying because it makes sense to me and it many ways it relates to the theme of nature and landscape that maybe Willa Cather was trying to portray. In this article I feel like I am a part of it, because I can relate it to what I am going to write about in my essay, and it just makes it Seasier to understand the meaning of nature in My

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