What Is Jim To Te-E-Ach My Antonia's Relationship

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2. Mr. Shimerda begs Jim to “Te-e-ach, te-e-ach my Antonia”. Antonia ends up learning more throughout her relationship compared to Jim. She learns that she can never trust a man, no matter how much of a great and successful person he claims to be. The reason being is because Larry Donavan was not a man for Antonia to trust because he ended up leaving her completely heartbroken and alone. Frances told Jim about this when she said, “Ántonia went away to marry Larry Donovan at some place where he was working; that he had deserted her”. This is a sad realization to Jim since he knows how great of a person Antonia is and that she deserved better. Antonia also comes to find that she must now learn how to be a mother to her baby even though she