The Burden's are continuing to show their generosity, and the Shimerda's can't help but cause drama. A fight broke out after Jake and Ambrosch after some rude acts and comments by Ambrosch. Jake is the one who ends up getting in trouble because he hit Ambrosch. This is crazy to me because Ambrosch was unnecessarily rude and annoying. At one time, Ambrosch was looked up to and honorable, but ever since his father passed away he has been different. In order to make all right, the Burdens (of course) are fixing the problem. They give the Shimerda's some money to clear up the event. After everything the Burden family has done for the Shimerda's, I haven't seen a deserving thank you come from the Shimerda's. Sure, they say it, but their actions haven't matched up to their talk yet.
The end of Book One of My Antonia hasn't really showed the great relationship that Jimmy and Antonia had in the beginning. They had a little fall out during these chapters, and Jimmy went to confront her about it. After asking why her attitude has changed, Antonia says, "If I live here, like you, that is different. Things will be easy for you. But they will be hard for us (Cather 86)." This quote ended Book One and was a major lesson to be learned in the novel. Antonia is trying to say that, as a foreigner, she has to have a tough outer shell to put up with harsh comments and struggles that her family has to endure. I think this is a relatable topic in the novel because the same issue is still happening today. A new side of Antonia is being showed, and we learn that she feels the need to step up as an older sibling since her father died. From what little I know about Antonia, I think she will do great at this task. She is an admirable girl, but I would like to see a little more of the nice, sweet girl from the beginning of the novel.
[Bibliography]
Cather, Willa. My Antonia. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2004. Print.
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