Willa Cather in her novel "My Antonia" offers her view of life during the pioneer time.
How would "My Antonia" be different if it were told from Antonia's perspective? My Antonia, if told from Antonia's perspective would be very different. A lot of the story is told from Jim's perspective, when he isn't even around Antonia. So the story would go much more in depth into Antonia's failed engagement and her pregnancy with her first child. Then it would also talk more about her home life after she meets Cuzak and how she meets him. Also, maybe we would find out that Antonia loved Jim when they were younger like Jim loved her.
How effective is Cather? A woman who is narrating a story from the point of view of man? Willa Cather was very effective at portraying a man. She showed his want and love for Antonia, his family, and his work on the farm. I think that she showed the character as Jim very well and built all the other characters around him very good.
Why do u think Jim changed the title from Antonia to My Antonia? In the beginning of the book when Jim changed the book from Antonia to My Antonia I think this was very significant because he is showing that he still loves her. Even though she is married they will always love one another.
Due to all of this I think that Willa Cather had a very good grasp of Pioneer Time. She showed all of the struggles, hardships, and the simplicity of it all. She has an exceptional view of this time and I would love to see another book made from Antonia's view.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
"As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water is the sea. The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first washed up. And there was so much motion in it; the whole country seemed, somehow, to be running."
"The grave, with its tall red grass that was never mowed, was like a little island."
"Winter comes down savagely over a little town on the prairie. The wind that sweeps in from the open country strips away all the leafy screens that hide one yard from another in summer, and the houses seem to draw closer together. The roofs, that looked so far away across the green treetops, now stare you in the face, and they are so much uglier than when their angles were softened by vines and shrubs.
Chunk #1: Comment the effect of the setting on the characters within the novel.
The setting of this book has a huge effect on the characters due to the fact that it is in Nebraska so the weather has a huge effect on crops due to the fact that the winters are pretty harsh. And because of the time era. There is not alot of advanced things. Like medicine. Whenever Pavel dies from being sick. They did not know why he was so sick.. But today in the present we have technology that can tell what kind of disease or why you are sick.
Chunk #2: discuss the effect a setting on you, including imagery (lots of adjectives) and a simile or a metaphor as you describe the land.
My farm reminds me of the old days back when things were more simple and there was less problems. My farm has a huge effect on me because I basically grew up on the farm, raising cattle, hunting wild game. Whenever I was little I would pretend I was a cowboy and pretend that I was shooting Indians. I basically spent my entire child hood on my farm or my papaws farm. So my farm has an effect on me because it holds my childhood, My childhood runs through the woods, swims in the creeks and lives in the fields. Whenever I am at my farm. I feel like that is my home instead. I wish I could live up there. Its like my spa. And everything up there soothes me. Its like I'm getting a massage from everything around me.
"The grave, with its tall red grass that was never mowed, was like a little island."
"Winter comes down savagely over a little town on the prairie. The wind that sweeps in from the open country strips away all the leafy screens that hide one yard from another in summer, and the houses seem to draw closer together. The roofs, that looked so far away across the green treetops, now stare you in the face, and they are so much uglier than when their angles were softened by vines and shrubs.
Chunk #1: Comment the effect of the setting on the characters within the novel.
The setting of this book has a huge effect on the characters due to the fact that it is in Nebraska so the weather has a huge effect on crops due to the fact that the winters are pretty harsh. And because of the time era. There is not alot of advanced things. Like medicine. Whenever Pavel dies from being sick. They did not know why he was so sick.. But today in the present we have technology that can tell what kind of disease or why you are sick.
Chunk #2: discuss the effect a setting on you, including imagery (lots of adjectives) and a simile or a metaphor as you describe the land.
My farm reminds me of the old days back when things were more simple and there was less problems. My farm has a huge effect on me because I basically grew up on the farm, raising cattle, hunting wild game. Whenever I was little I would pretend I was a cowboy and pretend that I was shooting Indians. I basically spent my entire child hood on my farm or my papaws farm. So my farm has an effect on me because it holds my childhood, My childhood runs through the woods, swims in the creeks and lives in the fields. Whenever I am at my farm. I feel like that is my home instead. I wish I could live up there. Its like my spa. And everything up there soothes me. Its like I'm getting a massage from everything around me.
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