My Defense of Jim

In the book My Antonia and in our discussion the other day on how it was felt that Jim seemingly "owned" Antonia, I just want to offer my defense on him to encourage more discussion. I believe that Jim was purely in love. He cared for Antonia so much that all he wanted to do was to be with her. I personally find that admirable, but our class thinks otherwise. It may seem weird that Jim felt the way he did, but that personally is how I see him playing his affection. He never hurt her in any was and only cared to see that she did well. I think the character of Jim was awesome and someone needs to stand up to him.