rs later, the Burdens decide to move into town, and shortly thereafter, Antonia takes a job as a housekeeper with a neighboring family, the Harling. Jim begins to see more of Antonia again, especially when a dancing pavilion comes to town and enlivens the social situation.Jim’s high school years quickly end, and he is offered a spot at the university in Lincoln. He makes a great success of commencement speech, and spends the summer hard at work in preparation for his course of study. Before leaving, he takes one last trip out countryside with Antonia and her friends, where they gather to reminisce about the old times together.In Lincoln, Jim throws himself into his studies, which take up the majority of his time in the first year and a half of his course. In the spring of his second year, he begins to see Lena Lingard, an old friend of Antonia and his, a lot. After several months of theater going and flirting around town, Jim decides he needs to make a fresh start and transfers to Harvard to finish out college.While away, Antonia gets engaged to a local boy, and makes a move out to Denver in order to be with him. Days before the wedding, he abandons her, and she returns to Nebraska heartbroken. She covers up an unexpected pregnancy throughout its term, but in giving birth to a daughter incurs the disapproval of her family. However, she resolves to take care of her baby, and continues to work on the farm with her brother. After graduating from college, in the summer before entering law school, Jim returns to Nebraska to be with his grandparents. Upon hearing of Antonia’s situation, he decides to drive out to the countryside and visit her. They spend a happy day together reliving old times, and Jim parts with a promise to revisit her soon.ConflictMy Antonia has many conflicts both internal--man vs. himself, and external--man vs. man. The internal conflict, man vs. himself, is demonstrated when Mr. Shimerda commits s...
