My Antonia :: essays research papers

1. Discuss the significant of each of the following citations. brook several examples that support each quote.     A. "The country girls were considered a menace to the kind order. Their beauty shone out too boldly against a conventional background. except anxious m new(prenominal)s need read felt no harm. They mistook the mettle of their sons. The value for respectability was stronger than any desire in Black cant over Youth."          The above quotation is telling about how the elderly people of Black Hawk did not trust the younger girls. This brought about when the young girls Antonia, Tiny, Lena, etc. and Jim would forever go to the parties held in Black Hawk. Jims grandmother especially did not okay of Jim going to parties. Although, Jim anticipated to go, but eventually felt that he should observe his grandmother. Antonia, whom was working for the Harlings, was forced to choose between going to par ties or continue working for them. She chose to continue going to parties, but then started to work for the Cutters.     B. "This was the passageway over which Antonia and I came on that night when we got off the train at Black Hawk...For Antonia and for me, this had been the road of Destiny had taken us to those early accidents of passel which predetermined for us all that we can ever be. Now I understood that the same road was to bring us together again. some(prenominal) we had missed, we possessed together the precious, and incommunicable past."          The above quotation is showing the importance of treasure and Antonias friendship. The road brought them together since they shared a significant amount of memories at the road. Jimmy remembers those special times he had with Antonia when he approaches the road. It is also a symbol for friendship, and the possibility of it being rekindled and/or never forgott en. 2. How is the following and high-fidelity depiction of Antonia? How are the enumerated traits revealed throughout the story?"More than any other person remembered, this girl seemed to mean to us the country, the conditions, the whole adventure of our childhood." (Jimmy)     This is an high-fidelity description of Antonia because she lived in many conditions where she had to quickly adapt. When she moved to Nebraska, she was not utilize to living in her poor surroundings. Most of the time she had a passably good attitude about this, following her fathers footsteps, although her mother did not have a very good attitude.