Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Antonia's adventure

Willa Cather in her novel My Antonia (yes, a signal phrase) offers her view of life during the pioneer time.

 How would My Ántonia be different if it were told from Ántonia's perspective? The book would be different because there would be more about Antonia and her adventure and might even be all about her.

 How effective is Cather, a woman, at narrating a story from the point of view of a man?  pretty effective because without her we wouldn't know what was going on.
Does Jim sound like a man writing, or does the narrative sound like a woman pretending to be a man? sounds like a man.

 Why do you think Jim changed the title from Antonia to My Antonia?  because she was his Antonia.

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