Mr. Shimerda
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Mr. Shimerda is a sensitive, homesick Bohemian immigrant farmer in Willa Cather’s *My Ántonia* whose tragic fate profoundly shapes the lives and memories of the novel’s protagonists.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marek Shimerda | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bohemian immigrant
ⓘ
farmer ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | My Ántonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInPart | Book I of My Ántonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
immigration
ⓘ
memory ⓘ the American frontier ⓘ |
| burialPlace | roadside grave on the prairie ⓘ |
| createdBy | Willa Cather NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathHasImpactOn |
Jim Burden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ántonia Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Shimerda farm in Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diesBy | suicide ⓘ |
| emigratesFrom | Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emigratesTo | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Czech NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | My Ántonia (1918 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerOccupation | musician ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Ambrosch Shimerda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marek Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ Yulka Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ Ántonia Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDaughter | Ántonia Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSon | Ambrosch Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWife | Mrs. Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDescribedAs |
homesick
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ sensitive ⓘ |
| isFatherFigureTo | Ántonia Shimerda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isFriendOf | Jim Burden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Czech ⓘ |
| livesNear | Burden family farm ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| narratedBy | Jim Burden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Bohemian ⓘ |
| occupation | farmer ⓘ |
| playsInstrument | violin ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| residence |
Bohemia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nebraska prairie ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | late 19th century American frontier ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
cultural displacement
ⓘ
isolation ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
immigrant suffering
ⓘ
spiritual displacement ⓘ the cost of migration ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Marek Shimerda