Past Easy to Remember Hard to Forget
The Past: Easy to Remember, Hard to Forget The novel My Antonia by Willa Cather is an excellent depiction of life on the Nebraska prairies and the deep connection one can have with the people and place they grew up. ... The past is something which cannot be relived but stays with one throughout their lives. ... She is part of his heart, his soul and his past. ... It is the deep connection he has with his past and the people involved with it. ... Another piece of the nostalgic theme is how the characters look back on the past and long to return to it. Each character seems to have a craving to return to their past as though it were better and more enjoyable then the present. ... It represents everything Antonia and Jim want to remember about their childhoods. ... At the end of the novel Jim is able to look beyond the nostalgia and see Antonia as something other than a representation of his past. ... In My Antonia the past is easy to remember and hard to forget.