My Antonia
...f freedom, but not without a struggle. Antonia, along with her family, migrated to Nebraska in search of the American dream. Antonia arrives in an unfamiliar country with the ability to speak only a few words of English. Her family lived in a small cave made of dirt and wood. The Shimerda family is forced to make ends meet with what they had, which was not much. Their stressful situation placed such a strain on Antonia's family to the point that her father commits suicide, leaving his family to fend for themselves. Antonia never forgets her father and uses her strength to move on. Though they both did very well for themselves, Antonia was the happiest. She had a large family to love and care for. She had a very hard life, with her father killing himself and her brother commanding over her giving her hard farm work that of a man...