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My Antonia

They love their child so much and don't want to ever see him go, but at the same time know and want what's best for him. Antonia carries almost a motherly love toward him.
             " I could never lose myself for long among impersonal things (Cather 125)."" .
             Jim is now off to college at the University of Lincoln. He is the protégé of Gaston Cleric, his Latin advisor. Gaston is a rather poetic man and often time loses himself in thought. Jim is quite the opposite and can't think of wasting his time with meaningless thoughts. This quote portrays what kind of person Jim has become. He was formerly the sort of person to lose oneself in romantic thoughts and boyish fantasies but now he has become much more analytical. This points to the problems with Jim, once an easy going lad he is having trouble forgiving Antonia for foolishness that isn't even her fault. Leaving Nebraska will change Jim and it definitely is not for the better. This is common for many people, they grow up and forget how golden childhood is and look at individuals having fun as immature and unfocused. .
             " Do you know, Antonia, since I've been away I think of you more often than of anyone else in this part of the world. I'd have liked to have you for a sweetheart or a wife, or a mother of my sister-anything that a woman can be to a man. This idea of you is a part of my mind; you influence my likes and dislikes, all my tastes, hundreds of times when I don't realize it. You really are a part of me (Cather 152)."" .
             Since the last quote Jim follows Gaston to Harvard to pursue serious academics. For the summer Jim returns home and finally goes to see Antonia. She now has a daughter but has been left by the father. Jim becomes shameful of Antonia for falling for such a man, but then he realizes how stupid he is being and sets things right with her. Antonia tells him how happy she is that he is back in the country. She knows she could never be happy living in a city.


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3. My Antonia

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5. My Antonia/summary

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6. My Antonia (Jim VS. Antone)

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9. The Past: Easy to Remember, Hard to Forget

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