Jim Burden Essay Examples

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Concept of Values in Different Cultures in My Antonia, Novel by Willa Cather (630 words, 1 pages)

In My Antonia, Willa Cather focused on depicting ethnic values of the different cultures of the various immigrants who came to Nebraska. These people had to face the hardships, the plight, and the conditions of life on the rural Nebraska prairie land of late nineteenth century America. We might wonder ... Read More

A Recount on Criticism of Willa Carter’s Novel My Antonia (1343 words, 2 pages)

In the past, critics have ad moralized andor brutalized every writer they could get their pen on. This is seen from criticisms of Henry Adams to William Butler Yeats. These writers critique everything about the writer and hisher works. For instance many critics criticize Willa Cather's novel, My Antonia. Their ... Read More

The Use of Weather in My Antonia, a Novel by Willa Cather (441 words, 2 pages)

Weather in My ntioniaDuring the entirety of My ntonia, Willa Cather uses weather to reflect events and emotions. This is quite apparent to the reader throughout the novel, as it seems to be one of Cathers main literary techniques here. And though the weather can reflect all characters emotions, it ... Read More

The Role of Flashbacks in My Antonia, a Novel by Willa Cather (608 words, 2 pages)

Flashbacks in My ntioniaIn the first half of My ntonia, by Willa Cather, the reader is introduced to James Jim Burden, who is shown as two different versions of himself one as his current, wiser, and older self, and the other as his younger self, taking place in a flashback. ... Read More

The Settings in the Books My Antonia by Willa Cather and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (994 words, 3 pages)

Imagine a world where there is no color where everything is in black and white. Imagine a world where there are no details where everything looks exactly the same. Now, imagine a book with no such details at all. A book where the most vital facets are missing. These incredibly ... Read More

A Comparison of the Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac and My Antonia by Willa Cather (3460 words, 11 pages)

My Antonia describes the life and memories of Jim Burden as it pertains to a remarkable woman named Antonia. The Dharma Bums gives account of the life of a Buddhist wanderer and his continued growth along with the teachings of the Buddha. Geography is central to Cathers My Antonia and ... Read More

The Influence of Personal Experiences on the Author’s Writings in the Novel My Antonia by Willa Cather (1939 words, 6 pages)

Can an authors life affect, and effectively permeate, their bodies of work? Willa Cather, author My Antonia, provides a fine example of how ones personal experiences can leak their way into an authors writings. Cather treats My Antonia as a sort of autobiographical account, although she never admits it as ... Read More

The Chase after the American Dream in the Novel My Antonia by Willa Cather (3242 words, 10 pages)

Many people immigrate to the United States of America in search of the American Dream of freedom, equality, and the opportunity to achieve their own goals in life that they could not otherwise achieve anywhere else. The American Dream is the pursuit of prosperity and opportunity that drives people to ... Read More

Themes of Love and Memories in Willa Cather’s Story My Antonia (589 words, 2 pages)

Awakenings in My ntonia In My ntonia by Willa Cather, Jim Burden tells the story of his friendship with ntonia Shimerda, a Bohemian girl living on a farm in Nebraska. After becoming an orphan at ten years old, Jim travels from Virginia to Black Hawk, Nebraska to live on his ... Read More

An Analysis of My Antonia by Willa Cather (1380 words, 2 pages)

Unity of Man and Nature The Virtue of ManMy ntonia, by Willa Cather, illustrates pioneer life narrated through the eyes of Jim Burden. Throughout the novel he continually places ntonia, his dearest childhood companion, at the center of his prospective memory. A combination of ntonias company with majestic descriptions of ... Read More

Critic’s Criticism on My Antonia by Willa Cather (1319 words, 2 pages)

Life Cycles of as Depicted in My AntoniaIn the past, critics have ad moralized andor brutalized every writer they could get their pen on. This is seen from criticisms of Henry Adams to William Butler Yeats. These writers critique everything about the writer and hisher works. For instance, many critics ... Read More

A Review of My Antonia by Willa Cather (883 words, 2 pages)

SettingMy Antonia takes place mostly in the countryside in Nebraska. Many events happen because of this location. Russian Pavel is wounded working in the country, later he dies. Mr. Shimerda commits suicide because he is not used to country living and does not like it. The main characters move to ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of My Antonia by Willa Cather (1892 words, 3 pages)

My AntoniaThis remarkable piece of literature by Willa Cather is layered with its sense of place, connections between people and between people and places as well as visual, and surprisingly simple, descriptions of prairie life and events. The characters and the story are far more complex that at first appear. ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Nebraska in My Antonia by Willa Cather (778 words, 3 pages)

Welcome to Nebraska, the land of plentiful plains and endless adventure. or inWilla Cathers case, the setting in which she introduces her readers to the two maincharacters of her novel, My Antonia. The compelling relationship between JimBurden and Antonia Shimerda makes it impossible for their similarities anddifferences to go unnoticed. ... Read More

An Analysis of What She Lived by Willa Cather (815 words, 2 pages)

WILLA CATHER WROTE WHAT SHE LIVED Sara Orne Jewett, a local colorist from Maine, once suggested that Willa Cather write from her own background. Cather followed that advice and became famous for her stories of the American frontier especially those about heroic women who struggled to tame the prairies of ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Suicide in My Antonia by Willa Cather (1260 words, 2 pages)

The Inability to Provide for His Family, and Why it Drove Mr. Shimerda to SuicideMy Antonia, by Willa Cather, is a novel about Jim Burden and his relationship and experiences growing up with Antonia Shimerda in Nebraska. Throughout the book Jim reflects on his memories of Nebraska and the Shimerda ... Read More

An Overview of My Antonia, a Novel by Willa Carther (825 words, 2 pages)

Sheena DawkinsMy Antonia SummaryMs. JacksonOctober 2, 2000My Antonia SummaryMy Antonia was written by Willa Cather in 1918. The story stars out with a young boy named Jim Burden. E travels by cross- country train to live with his grandparents at the age of ten. His grandparents live on the Nebraska ... Read More

Willa Cather Defies Stereotyped Gender Roles in the Novel My Antonia (1012 words, 2 pages)

My Antonia Non-traditional Gender Roles"Boys will be boys" is a clich often used when males exemplify the traits of wild, abandoned exploration, or use poor judgment in situations due to a desire to fulfill self. These traits, however, are seen as great downfalls and serious cause for concern should females ... Read More

An Analysis of Criticisms of Henry Adams to William Butler Yeats (1312 words, 2 pages)

In the past, critics have ad moralized andor brutalized every writer they could get their pen on. This is seen from criticisms of Henry Adams to William Butler Yeats. These writers critique everything about the writer and hisher works. For instance many critics criticize Willa Cather's novel, My Antonia. Their ... Read More

A Story About Jim and His Grandparents (1078 words, 2 pages)

At the age of ten, Jim Burden travels by cross-country train to live with his grandparents on the Nebraska frontier. He has just recently lost both his parents, and he is accompanied by a farmhand named Jake. On the same train is a Bohemian family that barely speaks English and ... Read More

The Life and Literary Works of Author Willa Sibert Cather (1475 words, 3 pages)

My Antoniaby Willa CatherAuthor Willa Sibert Cather, Nebraska's most noted author was born in Virginia. At the age of ten she moved with her family to Webster County, Nebraska. Many of Cather's acquaintances and Red Cloud area scenes can be recognized in her writings.Cather wrote poetry, short stories, essays and ... Read More

An Analysis of Life in the Wild West in My Antonia by William Cather (833 words, 1 pages)

William Cather showed a great amount of information about the "old wild west" and the expansion of the United States. In My Antonia, Jim Burden told a story of his childhood, the people in his life, and the struggles he and his surroundings faced during this time. At age ten, ... Read More

A Memorable Christmas in the Fiction Story of New Yorker Jim Burden’s Vacation (1596 words, 3 pages)

1. Jim Burden, a successful New York City lawyer, leaves an acquaintance a memoir of his Nebraska childhood in the form of a recollection of their mutual friend, Antonia Shimerda. Jim had first arrived in Nebraska at the age of ten, when he was made the trip west to live ... Read More

An Analysis of the American Dream in My Antonia by Willa Cather (1626 words, 3 pages)

The American Dream. Its the life that everyone would like to live, and work their life away to accomplish it. For many, there are different versions of this stature that has become infamous throughout American history. When one breaks it down, however, there are actually four tenants of the American ... Read More

An Analysis of the My Antonia by Willa Cather (1063 words, 2 pages)

My ntonia has been called nostalgic and elegiac because it celebrates the past. The inscription on the title page of My ntonia is a quotation from Virgil "Optima dies... prima fugit." This sentence, meaning "the best days are first to flee", helps incorporate all the elements of the novel I ... Read More

Dark Overtones and Their Contrasts in My Antonia by Willa Cather (1300 words, 2 pages)

Dark Overtones, and Their Contrasts in My Antonia In My Antonia by Willa Cather, there are many dark overtones that pervade the novel. It is through the use of symbolism and contrast these overtones are made real. The prairie is the predominant setting of the novel. It may be shaped, ... Read More

An Introduction to the Essay on the Topic of Jim’s Grandparents (1075 words, 2 pages)

At the age of ten, Jim Burden travels by cross-country train to live with his grandparents on the Nebraska frontier. He has just recently lost both his parents, and he is accompanied by a farmhand named Jake. On the same train is a Bohemian family that barely speaks English and ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of William Cather in the United States (833 words, 1 pages)

William Cather showed a great amount of information about the "old wild west" and the expansion of the United States. In My Antonia, Jim Burden told a story of his childhood, the people in his life, and the struggles he and his surroundings faced during this time. At age ten, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character Jim in the Novel My Antonia by Willa Carther (1632 words, 8 pages)

A psychoanalytical look into Jims search for a parent incontrast to the importance of the introduction. Willa Cather,"My Antonia."In My Antonia we notice there is more going on in thisnovel than just what is apparent immediately. Based on thatassumption I made the realization that a simple regurgitation offacts would not ... Read More

An Analysis of Gender Roles in the Novel My Antonia (1024 words, 2 pages)

My Antonia Non-traditional Gender Roles "Boys will be boys" is a clich often used when males exemplify the traits of wild, abandoned exploration, or use poor judgment in situations due to a desire to fulfill self. These traits, however, are seen as great downfalls and serious cause for concern should ... Read More