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My Antonia Essay Examples and Topics

by Willa Cather

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Essay Topics
Brief overview
argument-for
Author

Willa Cather

type
Country

United States

genre
Original language

English

based-on
Genre

Historical fiction

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Publication date

1918

influence
Major Characters

Emmaline Burden, Ántonia Shimerda, Jimmy Burden, Josiah Burden, Lena Lingard

plot
Setting

Black Hawk, Nebraska

idea
Plot

The novel is centered on the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda. They are each brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century.

purpose
Based on

The character of Antonia Shimerda is based upon Annie Pavelka, a real-life childhood friend of Cather's.

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