... late nineteenth century witnessed unprecedented levels of immigration from central Europe, which in turn ignited equally unprecedented social and political tensions in the United States. My Antonia, a novel written by Willa Cather, is about the historical period during which the American Frontier closed. Throughout the novel, immigrants start to ... Cather, one can see that the novel feeds off of immigration and would not be the same if the protagonist, Antonia Shimerda, were not an immigrant. My Antonia explores the lives of immigrants on the United States frontier in the second half of...

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• Grade Level: High School

... same. Although racism is the form of prejudice that gets the most attention, there are other forms of discrimination that are equally insidious and pervasive. In Willa Cather's novel, My Antonia, Cather creates several groups with distinct characteristics and values in Black Hawk, Nebraska- the town in which most of the story takes place. Citizens of Black Hawk discriminate against other ... citizens in Black Hawk, Cather drives home the notion that there are other forms of prejudice beyond racism that need to be understood. The primary form of intolerance depicted throughout My Antonia...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate