My Antonia
how had antonia changed since jim had seen her last?
book iv
book iv
Jim goes to see Ántonia the next day and finds her looking strong and healthy, though a little wornout. She is only twenty-four. When Jim sees her again, Ántonia seems very much a part of the land. She talks about wanting to stay there forever, even though people keep leaving and she is left alone. In a sense, she cannot leave the land that she came to as a stranger. It has become tied to her existence, though it treated her so harshly her first year there.