Writing Assignment #1:After reading complete anytwoof the essay questions below.
1. Jim defines happiness in Book I Section II (just at the end) as . . . to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one it comes as naturally as sleep.Would Antonia agree with this definition?
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2. Mr. Shimerda begs Jim toTe-e-ach te-e-ach my Antoniain Book I Section III (just at the end). Who learns more through their relationship Jim or Antonia?
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3. InMy Antonia Cather uses symbols from nature to express the essential aspects of the lives of the characters. Some symbols are of the land: the prairie the grass winter etc. Other symbols are animals: badgers wolves rattlesnakes larks etc.Choose three symbols and discuss how they convey information about the daily lives of the characters how the characters relate to each other and/or how Cather views life.
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4. Overall Cather seems to admire Antonia. Name and discussthree characteristics that Antonia exhibitsthat lead to Cathers admiration.
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5.The poemA Wagner MatineeresemblesMy Antoniain its theme and as a celebration of the beauty of the prairie.Read this poem online athttp://cather.unl.edu/ss011.html
Draw parallels between the poem and the book.
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6. Cathers depiction of Jims grandparents reaction to the Roman Catholic faith of the Shimerdas illustrates yet another major difference between the established Protestant Americans and the immigrants.How might this difference be a reflection of religious and political disputes brought from Europe to the United States?
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Writing Assignment #2:Chooseoneof the topics below to further your research into the living conditions of the American pioneers.
Adapted from: Pioneer Values in Willa Cather’sMy Antonia http://edsitement.neh.gov
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