characters Flashcards
(24 cards)
The Burdens’ hired hand, who looks like a cowboy out of one of Jim’s books but is actually an Austrian immigrant
Otto Fuchs
The patriarch of the Bohemian immigrant family. A melancholy man given to artistic and scholarly pursuits, he feels very much out of place in foreign land. His depression eventually leads to suicide
Mr. Shimerda
eponymous character
Antonia
The author of the youthful recollection that makes up the body of the novel
Jim Burden
she sets up her own dressmaker’s shop and is a close friend of Antonia’s
Lena Lingard
Jim’s grandmother. she shows great concern and compassion for the Shimerdas and is a loving maternal figure for Jim
Emmaline Burden
Another hired hand of the Burdens. He makes the trip from Virginia to Nebraska along with Jim and accompanies Otto out west after the Burdens move to Black Hawk
Jake Marpole
The matriarch of the Bohemian immigrant family. She is a brusque, bossy, and often curt woman
mrs shimerda
The youngest of the Shimerda children
yulka shimerda
The Shimerdas’ oldest son. Mrs. Shimerda and her daughters dote on him, claiming that he is brilliant and the reason they came to America
ambrosch shimerda
The younger of the two Shimerda brothers. His physical deformities are accompanied by a handful of psychological instabilities and mental deficiencies.
Marek shimerda
One of the hired girls in Black Hawk. After working with Mrs. Gardener in the Boys’ Home, she travels west and makes a small fortune during the Alaskan gold rush.
Tiny Soderball
Forced into exile from his native Russia following a wolf attack on a wedding party. He eventually finds himself severely in debt and sells off his belongings, leaving America for a job as a cook in a Russian labor camp.
russian Peter
an immigrant who falls ill under the care of the Shimerdas. He had been ostracized and forced to leave his native Russia after a frightful incident involving a wolf attack on a wedding party.
russian Pavel
neighbors to the Burdens in Black Hawk. A businessman of keen ability, he disapproves of Ántonia’s frequent carousals at the dancing pavilion and eventually forces her to leave her post as their housekeeper because of her lifestyle.
Mr Harling
develops a strong affection for Ántonia, and she provides myriad activities for her children, Ántonia, and Jim, to take part in.
mrs Harling
Ántonia’s fiancé, and an arrogant and selfish young man. After being fired from his job, he leaves Ántonia on the eve of their wedding, running away to Mexico in search of a quick fortune.
Larry Donovan
A blind, black pianist. Comes to Black Hawk and gives a concert at the Boys’ Home
Samson d’Arnault
The leading moneylender in Black Hawk and a shady character
Wick Cutter
Jim’s tutor at the university in Lincoln
Gaston Cleric
develops a close relationship with Ántonia in the time surrounding the breaking of Ántonia’s engagement.
Widow Steavens
A Bohemian immigrant and neighbor to the Burdens who sells the Shimerdas their first farm in America and cheats them out of several comforts.
Peter Krajiek
A Bohemian immigrant to America who marries Ántonia and raises a large family with her
Cuzak
The oldest of the Harling children she has a sound business mind and manages her father’s accounts with a great deal of skill
frances harling
