Max McKeon December 11‚ 2014 English 32L Two Strong Individual Women Characters In My Antonia‚ Willa Cather portrays the two characters of Antonia Shimerda and Lena Lingard as strong‚ proud‚ and forceful individuals. These two have similarities but at the same time they are two very different characters. First off‚ in Jim’s nostalgic memoir of his childhood Antonia is a shy individual character‚ that doesn’t know where she belongs. Throughout the novel Antonia gradually escapes Jim’s emotional
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more as individuals with qualities and capabilities that contribute to society in ways outside of the home and traditional occupations. Stories written in the Realism period‚ such as A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin and A Wagner Matinée by Willa Cather‚ emphasise the desire women had to be free of social pressure and to live life the way they wanted. Women of the Realism period pursued escape because they lacked freedom. Women often try to find their own personal freedom by indulging in activities
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Ana Sarabando AML2000-American Literature Professor Gibson Individual Work-Week #12 At this point‚ you have read works in five genres: speeches‚ essays‚ poetry‚ short stories‚ and drama‚ plus you have explored the additional genre of science fiction. You have also discussed the works of nearly twenty authors and have examined the historical eras and events that influenced their works. 1. Write a reflective essay of 250 words (one page) about your experience studying American literature
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My Antonia‚ written by Willa Cather‚ is a novel about the main character‚ Jim Burden’s‚ childhood in Nebraska and his relationship with his dear friend‚ Antonia Shimerda‚ who was a Bohemian immigrant. Their friendship was tested by the various events that occurred through their lives and the different paths their lives took them down. After so many years‚ Jim looked back on his childhood with Antonia and tried to remember everything they shared together. He had trouble remembering but recalled
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Nineteenth century literature is full of allusions and examples of idealism and romantic subjectivism. Society at the time is quite preoccupied with the bourgeois lifestyle and seems to neglect reality. Stories like "The Necklace"‚ "Barn Burning"‚ and "Paul’s Case" exemplify a Nietzschean rebellion against the constraints of social standards. Nietzsche wrote that "we [are] like shop windows in which we are continually arranging‚ concealing or illuminating the supposed qualities other ascribe to us
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The American West Three Beneficial Facts About the Frontier From My Antonia Westward Expansion was still a new concept for many Americans during the time of Willa Cather’s novel‚ My Antonia‚ but there had been a lot of progress as well. According to Westward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier‚ although the Westward Expansion began in 1803‚ it didn’t make its way into Nebraska until around 1867. (Billington) My Antonia was set in the 1880s‚ around ten to fifteen years after the first settlers
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I was filled with the admiration for their bravery to challenge the social ideas and defend their romantic love. Such stories always end up with”They lived happily together ever after” in my naïve mind. However‚ after reading My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather and Shangshi by Lu Xun‚ I started to reflect on the real sense of elopement. Generally speaking‚ two lovers elope as a result of their fervent love being objected by their families or the society. The lovers believe by running away from their
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The author of this essay wants to prove that Paul ’s actions are both influenced by economical and religious issues while the narrator ’s deeds in "I ’m a Fool" are only economically influenced and happen mostly by mistake. "Paul ’s Case" by Willa Cather is set in Pittsburgh at the beginning of the 20th century. The main character‚ Paul‚ is a high school student. He feels very frustrated with his life. He works as an usher at Carnegie Hall‚ but his father forbids him to work there. He eventually
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keep if they lived on it for at least 5 years and paid 18 dollars. This was without a doubt an extravagant offer‚ and people‚ just like the Shimerdas in “my Antonia”‚ were ready to take that offer. “My Antonia” is a novel published in 1918 by Willa Cather‚ during the practice of the manifest destiny. Families from all over America and Europe were eager to move into the west. This novel is considered one of the greatest at the time because it turns the abstract idea of manifest destiny into concrete
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belief‚ that is a fate more terrible than dying” (Joan of Arc). The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams was published in 1945. It showcases the problems of the Wingfield family who live in St. Louis. Another work of literature‚ My Ántonia by Willa Cather‚ was published in 1918. It focuses on two families‚ the Burdens and the Shimerdas‚ who live on the Nebraskan prairie. In these two works of literature‚ Tom Wingfield and Mr. Shimerda sacrifice their happiness for their families but‚ eventually
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