My Antonia themes

Question 1

what themes are there in My Antonia?

Answer 1

• the immigrant experience
• man and the natural world
• gender
• class
• youth
• suffering
• love
• the American Dream

Question 2

man and the natural world - ‘this girl seemed to mean to us the ——-, the ———-, the whole adventure of our ———’

Answer 2

‘this girl seemed to mean to us the country, the conditions, the whole adventure of our childhood’ (about Antonia)

Question 3

man and the natural world - ‘there was nothing but —-‘

Answer 3

‘there was nothing but land’

Question 4

class/suffering - ‘things will be —- for you. But they will be —- for us’

Answer 4

‘things will be easy for you but they will be hard for us’ (Antonia to Jim)

Question 5

love - ‘you really are a —- of –’

Answer 5

‘you really are a part of me’ (Jim to Antonia)

Question 6

suffering - ‘ battered but not ———’

Answer 6

‘battered but not diminished’ (Jim about Antonia)

Question 7

the immigrant experience - ‘these ——— aint the same/ they aint to be ———-‘

Answer 7

‘these foreigners aint the same/ they aint to be trusted’ (Jake to Jim)

Question 8

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