Chapter 13-19

In the fictional book, My Antonia, by Willia Cather, the protagonist, Jim, a ten year old boy, who moves to Nebraska, discovers that tragedies and happiness can't exist without one another. Told in first person point of view, the author supports her theme by describing the setting of his house during the winter up to the summer, establishing the major conflict of differences between him and Antonia, his bestfriend, and having to deal with her father"s death, and incorporating the literary devices of imagery. Her purpose is to entertain in order to make the reader see that life can be hard. Cather uses tone shifts to show how situations can go from positive to negative in a matter of seconds.