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One person’s dream is another person’s nightmare. The book, ”My Antonia” written by Willa Cather, tells of the last segment of Antonia's life. In the final book, Jim wonders whether the life that is right for one is ever right for two. ....

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.... the papers from the old country, I pretty near run away, I never did think I would be a settled man like this.”(234,235) Antonia couldn’t be any happier with the life she is living. She has become grizzled, lost many teeth, and has had to work hard in this new venture. One phrase that shows Antonia's love for the farmland is when she says; “There wasn’t a tree here when we first came. We planted every one, and used to carry water for them, they were on my mind like children. Many a night after he was asleep I’ve got up and come out and carried water to the poor things.”(219) Antonia tells of how they started th ....