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My Antonia Character Analysis

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Ántonia is the speaker in this instance, right after Jim kills a large rattlesnake when they were children. At first, Jim is upset with Ántonia for not warning him about the snake but rather screamed and shouted in Bohemian at the last possible moment. However, she immediately congratulates him of his bravery and manliness. This instance shows a brief moment of significant change in Jim’s relationship with Ántonia. Because she is older than Jim, Ántonia has had a habit of treating him somewhat condescendingly and treating him as she would a child. This has increasingly frustrated Jim over the course of their friendship. After he, in her perspective, proves his strength by killing the rattlesnake, she respects him and never talks down to him

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