A method Cather uses to elevate Antonia is to tell her story through the eyes of Jim Burden, a man deeply in love with her, but as a strange twist, is seen as a younger and more inferior tag along. A rather sad example of this is when Jim kisses Antonia. "Why, Jim! ... was Antonia's response to Jim's futile efforts at romance. ... Jim Burden tells the story while looking up from the ground, in a sad reminiscing way. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In a way, that is what you would do with a beast of burden that exhibited extra energy and willingness to work. ... For instance, Dave articulates a specifically racial rage while "looking at Jim Hawkins' big white house" and fantasizing about taking a "shot at tha house. ...

• Word Count: 973
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• Grade Level: High School