The Struggle to Achieve the American Dream in Willa Cather's My Antonia

The American Dream is a set of ideals, both spiritual and material, that include rights and freedoms for citizens and equality that every individual strives to achieve. In the novel "Antonia," there are several characters striving to achieve the American Dream, among them the main characters: Antonia Shimerda, Jim Burden, and Lena Lingard. They all had difficult childhoods and hardships, but they cling to the hope of a better life, complete prosperity through work, despite the harsh hardships they face. But for them, hope is what drives them to pursue their dreams.