Willa Cather in her novel My Antonia (yes, a signal phrase) offers her view of life during the pioneer time.
If My Antonia was told from Antonia's perspective, then there might be more parts of the book that talk about Antonia's parents, or what she thought about Jim. Antonia could also talk more about her old country and what she did there. Also I don't think she would have talked about Jim being in love with her.
Cather did a great job throughout the book portraying Jim as a man. I don't think it sounded like a woman trying to be a man at all. Jim was was a boy that became a man and Cather did a great job proving that.
I believe Jim changed the title from Antonia to My Antonia because he was in love with her and to him there was no other woman out there like her.... At some points she felt the same to, until she got married and had kids. Jim felt as if Antonia was his because of all the time they spent together and all the memories that he will have being with her.
This book was more about Jim and his meetings with Antonia. I liked it and wouldn't change a thing about it.
