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Westward Expansion and Immigration. The American Dream Immigration/Exploitation. “The Lost Beautifulness” What does this story reveal about immigrants in America? Role of Women?
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The American DreamImmigration/Exploitation • “The Lost Beautifulness” • What does this story reveal about immigrants in America?Role of Women? • Hannah’s understanding of America: “Mrs. Preston says this war is to give everybody a chance to lift up his head like a person…Democracy means that everyone in America is going to be with everybody alike” (2).
Paint= Symbol • Landlord- “If you can’t pay, somebody else will. I got to look out for myself. In America everybody looks out for himself” (5). • Why does Hannah destroy her work in the end? • Transcendentalism critiques/qualities?
Homestead Act 1862 • Granted 160 free acres to anyone 21 years or older who promised to settle/farm it • 1863-1890 nearly 1 million people requested homestead applications • Not all milk and honey
Intro: Frame • Frame • Provides specific context for the novel • Certain perspective revealed • Jim writing primarily to himself- not a larger audience; thus, My Antonia is in a private context. We, the readers, are intruding!!!
Different Introductions • What do we learn about Jim in the intro? • About Antonia? • How does Jim’s re-titling of his manuscript change the meaning? • How is the 1918 version of the intro different than the current one? • Why might Willa Cather have changed it?
Homework- 1-6Note Setting • What does the setting reveal? • Nebraska • Symbolizes growth, expansion, moral fortitude, possibility…the American Dream?