Imagery/Definitons
"I remember what the conductor said about her eyes. They were big and warm and full of light, like the sun shining on brown pools in the wood. Here skin was brown, too and in her cheeks she had a glow of rich dark colour. Her brown hair was curly and wild-looking." - Book 1 Chapter II
Who is Antonia
This person said "The Prayers of all good people are good" Book 1 Chapter XII
Who is Mr. Burden/ Grandpa Burden?
the significance of Jim striking and killing the big rattlesnake
represents him getting older and gaining confidence as a boy
"She looked demure and pretty, and made a gracceful picture in her blue cashmere dress and little blue hat, with a plaid shawl drawn neatly about her shoulders and a clumsy pocket-book in her hand" Book 2 Chapter IV
Who is Lena Lingard?
This person said "If I live here, like you, that is different. Things will be easy for you. But they will be hard for us." Book 1 Chapter XIX
Who is Antonia?
Significance between the Prairie Dogs/brown owls and rattles snakes
What is the relationship between Krajiek and the Shimerda family?
"He wore a sombrero hat, with a wide leather band and a bright buckle and the ends of his moustache were twisted up stiffly, like little horns. He looked lively and ferocious... The top of his left ear was gone, and his skin was brown as an Indian's." Book 1 Chapter I
Who is Otto Fuchs
This person said "If I lose that horse, Mr. Burden, I never stay here till Ambrosch come home! I go drown myself in the pond before morning" Book 1 Chapter XVIII
Who is Antonia?
"Trees were so rare in that country, and they had to make such a hard fight to grow, that we used to feel anxious about them, and visit them as if they were persons. It must have been the scarcity of
detail in that tawny landscape that made detail so precious” This quote represents:
The harsh reality of living life on the prairie and the struggle against conditions to survive especially for immigrant families
What is being described: "There was nothing but land not a country at all, bt the material out of which countries are made"
What is the description of the Nebraska Landscape?
"_______ was short and square and sturdy looking, like here house. Every inch of her was charged with an energy that make itself fell the moment she entered a room. Her face was rosy and solid, with bright, twinkling eyes and a stubborn little chin" Book 2 Chapter II
Who is Mrs. Harling
This person said " I don't know whose wish should decide the matter, if not hers. But if she things she will live to see the people of this country ride over that old man's head, she is mistaken." - Book 1 Chapter XV
Who is Mr. Burden / Grandfather Burden
The significance of Lena and Chris getting a handkerchief with the letter B on it
What is "B is for their mothers name Berthe
Erasure of identity through motherhood
Sacrificing ones self for being a mother
The English translation of "Optima dies...prima fugit."
"The best days are the first to flee"
"________ was admittedly the best-dressed woman in Black Hawk, drove the best horse, and had a smart trap and a little white-and-gold sleigh. She seemed indiffrent to her possessions, was half so solicitous about them asa her friends were. She was tall, dark, severe, with something Indian-like in the rigid immobility of her face." Book 2 Chapter VII
Who is Mrs. Gardener?
This person said "Look out, you Lena Lingard, look out! I'll come over with a corn-knife one day and trim some of that shape off you. Then you won't sail round so fine. making eyes at the men!..." - Book 2 Chapter IV
Who is Crazy Mary (Ole Benson's wife)
Significance of the grass hopper in Chapter 6
Represents the fragility of life and the fragility of Mr. Shimerda's life on the prairie