My Antonia by Willa Cather
I need a research essay with a specific focus on "My Antonia" by Willa Cather."
What do this novel have to teach us about the struggles and successes of European immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
What has and hasn't changed for immigrants to our country today, the majority of whom now come from Asia and Latin America.
This paper should include 4 sources of which I will be attaching three of them and only expect the writer to add an additional source from a credible site. Sources should be formatted for a Works Cited list and also should include the novel "My Antonia." My preference for the additional source would be from a media source such as CNN, Washington Post or New York Times. I would like to speak with a support person to see if attaching my three sources for the writer to use would make a difference in the cost of this essay. Please get back to me and let me know if possible.
Additional Explanation of this Essay........."My Antonia"
Requirements for this Research Paper:
1. Considerable references to My Antonia with Quotes from the novel
2. At least 4 additional QUALITY sources appropriate for an academic paper, and used in depth: NO WIKIPEDIA, no iffy websites, and at least 2 of the sources must come from my schools Library database. SINCE YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO MY SCHOOLS LIBRARY DATABASE, I AM ATTACHING 3 SOURCES THAT I FELT MAY RELATE. My focus in the novel is The Struggles of Immigrant Women and the hard work they perform in the time period of “My Antonia” in comparison to Today’s immigrant women. I feel like the chapter in the novel “My Antonia,” called “The Hired Girls” discusses some of the issues. That being said, I would like to build my argument around those issues.
Hello I don't think I mentioned that my instructor does NOT want a summery. She wants it thematically analyzed. Also Google scholar is an acceptable source that we could use
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Women Immigrants Challenges During 19th and 20th Century
Introduction
The late nineteenth and early twentieth, saw an influx of immigrants come to America relative to the economic boom and problems in their own countries. Among the majority of immigrants that streamed in during the time were the Europeans, especially from the eastern and northern parts of Europe. Most of the European immigrants came in from Ireland and a good majority came in from Germany. Countries such as Ireland were experiencing the Great Famine and thus most of the immigrants were coming to America in search of better place to live and away from instability in their countries. America at the time was picking up speed from the effects of industrialization, which created millions of jobs and billions in wealth. The book titled My Antonia, authored by Willa Cather brings out a different aspect of the lives that the immigrants led in their foreign land. The book, which takes the form of a memoir, brings out some of the basic elements of the struggles that the immigrants had to endure to live in their new found homes. Relative to the various struggles that the immigrants experienced, there is also the element of the struggles that women experienced (Sallquist, 173). Over the years the women immigrants have had a turbulent past. Today the situation is relatively changed and the immigrants lead a better live due to the fact that there has been subtle policy evolution in light of human rights, gender equality and civil rights. However, the rights of immigrants still leave a lot to be desired with constant strain placed on people seeking for a better life.
Thesis statement: Women immigrants were treated to difficult times during the late 19th century and early 20th century and despite the policy reforms over the years the struggle is hardly won.
My Antonia on women immigrants
In the book My Antonia, the plight of women that were immigrants is brought to the readers’ attention with amazing details. These include some of the elements that most of the women immigrants had to experience, during the late 19th century and in the early 20th century. This is also echoed in the article by Sallquist, stating that;
‘The most detailed treatment of hired girls in the works under consideration is found in
Willa Cather's My Antonia. In this classic, Cather lovingly fictionalized the lives of those
immigrant pioneers who settled the plains. (Sallquist, 167)’
One of the sections in the book that addresses the plight of women, who had immigrated to the US, is Book Two, which is titled The Hired Girls. For the native women such as Mrs. Harling, they carried themselves with a lot of authority and confidence in everything that they did. According to Cather, Mrs. Harling was married to one of the wealthiest men in the town of Black Hawk (Cather, 99). Her husband would be on most days attending business trips and thus would not be at home for days on end. During this time, she would take over the responsibilities of managing the businesses and the home affairs. As such, there was an element of equality on the responsibilities of the family empire. Relative to the fact that, she was also an immigrant who had...
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