My Antonia Blog Post

   Willa Cather offers her view of life in the pioneer time. She chooses the narrator of the story to be Jim Burden. He is the protagonist in this story. From Jim's perspective the pioneer life is about working hard. He observes many people working hard for their family, such as Antonia.

If she had choosen Antonia to be the protagonist the story probably would not have been focused on Antonia as much. Her feelings would come out from her perspectiv, and she would probably be focused on Jim until he leaves for school. The story would tell about her life changes with Jim gone. She got married and had six children. The readers did not learn about this information until the end of the book.

With the narrator being a man and the author being a woman, Jim seems to have more emotions. It almost seems like you can tell that the author is a woman trying to be a man. Men do not really express their feelings as well as a woman can, but Jim seems to not have a problem doing so.

Throughout the story, Jim and Antonia became close. They started building a connection absentmindedly almost. In my opinion, Jim changed the title from Antonia to My Antonia because of the connection he developed with her. Jim had feelings for Antonia, and in a sense, Antonia was his love in his mind.

All in all, My Antonia is a great story for the imagination of the youth. It creates a setting that most kids are not used to so the use their imagination to fulfill the setting in the characters perspective.