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Archetypes in My Antonia
INTRODUCTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The wise old man is an archetype that represents insight, wisdom, and moral qualities. This archetype is exemplified in My Antonia by Grandpa Burden, Jim’s grandfather. When Jim first arrives at his grandparents’ house he describes his grandfather’s eyes to be “not at all like those of an old man; they were bright blue, and had a fresh, frosty sparkle” (10). This description foreshadows to readers that Mr. Burden could possibly be underestimated because he does not take the appearance of a wise old man. Later on in the novel, readers began to see the qualities of a wise old man in Mr. Burden: “Because he talked so little, his words had a peculiar force; they were not worn dull from constant use” (56). Grandpa Burden also embodies the qualities of a Christian man being “a deacon in the new Baptist Church…” (94) and reading “the chapters from Saint Matthew about the birth of Christ” (56). Many people believe that Grandpa Burden “had the gift of simple and moving expression” (56). Mr. Burden was capable of touching people’s hearts with just a few words. Jim’s thoughts tell readers that Grandpa Burden was a very moral man: “Grandfather didn’t approve of dancing…; he would only say that if I wanted to dance I could go to the Masonic Hall, among ‘the people we knew’” (141). Adding to his morality, Grandpa Burden “was never a party to what Jake called [the Burden’s] feud with the Shimerdas” (85). Such qualities as the ones spoken of complete Grandpa Burden’s role as a wise old man. Not only types of people can be classified as an archetype, but land can be as well. The desert is an archetype which symbolizes spiritual aridity, death, and hopelessness. Near Jim’s grandparents’ house there was a slope that was “…trampled hard and bare, and washed out the winding by the rain” (12). As Jim rides in the wagon he notices the desert-like land: “Everywhere as far as the eye could reach, there was nothing but rough, shaggy, red grass, most of it as tall as I” (12).