Cather repairs a special relationship between Jim and Antonia that forms and breaks throughout her novel My Antonia. The two characters meet at a very young age and begin to develop a friendship -------. Jim teaches Antonia American language and culture while Antonia shares his culture and morals. Soon their respective friendship turns into a brother-sister relationship, an ardent but not intimate love. Over time, their friendship grows closer as they drift apart in their separate lives. Jim begins his college years, while Antonia maintains a job and becomes engaged to Larry Donovan. He misses Antonia's loving motherly nature that he grew up with, so he visits Hope during an academic break to learn that Antonia is with a child bolster and that Larry Donovan has abandoned her in Chicago. Jim is heartbroken and disappointed, saying, "I couldn't forgive him for being an object of pity..." (Cather 193), with compassion. His love for her was so immense that he couldn't bear to hear that she had to go through another ordeal. Distracted by business, Jim sinks into despair and longs for his childhood. At the beginning of his adult life, he wishes to see Antonia again. So he heads to her farm, where she and her large family live their happy lives. His last memories of Antonia were created there and will never be forgotten. Cather reestablishes a special relationship between Jim and Antonia that forms and breaks throughout her novel My Antonia. People fill the clouds of our memories