I've chosen to write about the gender statement in Cather's "My Antonia." I'd like to first start out by saying that I don't believe that she was trying to make a statement about the men in this work. I think each of the men in this story are very different and take an important role in the story. I'd like to go through and give a little information on a choice few characters.

I'd like to start with Jim; he was the main male character (obviously) in this story. Jim had many good qualities about him. He was kind, adventurous, romantic and of course, in love with Antonia. All through the course of the story you could tell that Jim was in love with Antonia, even though he never came out and said it. Anytime another male was mentioned as having anything to do with Antonia, especially romantically...