# Jim Burden — My Ántonia character guide

> Jim Burden in My Ántonia by Willa Cather.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Jim, James Burden, Mrs. James Burden, Jimmy, James O'Neill, young Burden

**First appearance:** 0005-i

## Who they are

The narrator and protagonist, an orphan who moves to Nebraska and grows up with Ántonia.

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