Willa Cathers volume, Obscure Destinies, is composed of three stories, "Old Mrs. Harris," "Two Friends," and "Neighbor Rosicky." In this volume she explores three facets of small town life. In "Neighbor Rosicky" she explains what residents consider the advanta...

In "My Antonia," the friendship between Jim and Antonia is a lifelong bond that cannot be broken, and this is a constant theme throughout the novel. Jim and Antonia love each other, but they love each other more than romantically, they have the true bond of friendship, and it does not sha...

In the novel My Antonia, written by Willa Cather, we are introduced to an immigrant family named the Shimerdas and their daughter Antonia. Cather makes it clear that strength of characters can overcome all hardship. Throughout Antonia's lifetime there are many tribulations and sufferings that a...

Willa Cather's My Antonia was about the life and struggles of an immigrant's life from a very early age. Her trials: her beloved father's suicide, having to work for her family to survive, being hired out as a maid, working for the despicable Cutters, almost being raped, being che...

Realists always fall in love with the ones they grow up with." (Robert Frost). Then they get married and live a happy life with each other. That is how the story is supposed to go, right? Well, in Willa Cather's novel My Antonia, she puts a different spin on this fairy tale story. Desp...

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 ...

In the story A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, we have two very bored people who find each other and give everything up just to be with one another. Frederick Henry and Catherine Barkley are young and confused about what they want out of life. They find each other during WWI and everything s...