My Antonia
My Antonia: Book I - Jim Burden's Romanticism
In the Introduction, the narrator says that Jim Burden, from the time he was a boy, has had a "romantic disposition." Considering the qualities of Romanticism listed below, choose TWO that Jim clearly possesses and examine how those qualities influence his childhood memories in Book I of My Antonia.
Qualities of Romanticism:
- Awareness and Appreciation of Nature
- Relation of Nature to Abstract Truths ("Observe, Describe, Reflect")
- Imagination
- Idealism and Hope
- Love of the Past
- Love of Myth, Legend, Stories
- Emotion over Intellect (Sensibility over Sense)