jim burden
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Ántonia Shimerda
The bold and free-hearted young Bohemian girl who moves with her family to Black Hawk, Nebraska. Intelligent, optimistic, loyal, and kindhearted, the naturally gregarious Ántonia is forced to accept a difficult life after the death of her father. At the t...
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Jim Burden
The narrator and protagonist of the novel, Jim is a successful lawyer who grew up in Black Hawk, Nebraska. Jim is an intelligent, introspective young man who responds strongly to the land and the environment in which he lives. Unlike most other boys his a...
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Josiah Burden
Jim Burdens grandfather. A quiet yet deeply religious man who works hard on his farm in Nebraska.more...
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Emmaline Burden
Jim Burdens grandmother. She shows great concern and compassion for the Shimerdas and is a loving maternal figure for Jim.more...
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Ambrosch Shimerda
The Shimerdas oldest son. Mrs. Shimerda and her daughters dote on Ambrosch, claiming that he is brilliant and the reason they came to America....
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Lena Lingard
A Norwegian immigrants daughter and a friend of Ántonias. Lena has a brief liaison with Jim in Black Hawk and a more extended relationship with him in Lincoln, where she sets up her own dressmakers shop. Lena is pretty and blonde, and craves independence ...
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Otto Fuchs
The Burdens hired hand, who looks like a cowboy out of one of Jims books but is actually an Austrian immigrant. Good-natured despite his rough appearance, Otto decides to seek his fortune in the West after the Burdens move to Black Hawk....
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Jake Marpole
Another hired hand of the Burdens. Jake makes the trip from Virginia to Nebraska along with Jim and accompanies Otto out west after the Burdens move to Black Hawk....
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Mr. Shimerda
The patriarch of the Bohemian immigrant family. A melancholy man given to artistic and scholarly pursuits, Mr. Shimerda feels very much out of place in foreign land. His depression eventually leads to suicide, leaving his family members to pick up the pie...
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Mrs. Shimerda
The matriarch of the Bohemian immigrant family. Mrs. Shimerda is a brusque, bossy, and often curt woman. After the suicide of her husband, she is forced to make do with the little that she has in an attempt to provide for her family....