My Antonia - The In the novel, My Antonia, by Willa Cather, everyone seems to be trying to pursue the . While they all have different ideas of just exactly what the is, they all know precisely what they want. For some, the sounds so enticing that they have traveled across the world to achieve their goal. They work hard to fit in and succeed, but, as in the case of Mr. Shimerda, are not always successful. One girl who was chasing the American Dream was Lena Lingard, a small farm girl from a poverty-stricken family. Lena had ....