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Post by Mrs. Patterson on Aug 29, 2013 8:01:28 GMT -5
Erin: Antonia
Pancy: Jim
Molly: Jim
Please describe and defend your character's view on the following issue (in the first or third person, as you prefer):
Antonia's broken engagement and Antonia's unwed pregnancy
Direct support from the book would greatly strengthen your description and defense.
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Post by Erin on Sept 2, 2013 18:57:43 GMT -5
Antonia was ashamed of her broken engagement and unwed pregnancy. Frances tells Jim that Antonia rarely leaves the farm since Donovan left her, "I haven't seen her since she came back. She lives at home, on the farm, and almost never comes to town. She brought the baby in to show it to mama once" (179). Antonia was too embarrassed to show her face in public because she feels as if she would be judged for not being with her child's father. Society in the late eighteenth hundreds and early nineteen hundreds were not accepting of single mothers. Antonia felt she would be looked down upon and would disappoint her friends and family. As a female I would also be ashamed, as Antonia was, if i lived in the early nineteen hundreds. Today's society is more accepting but then it was looked upon as the women's fault.
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Post by Molly on Sept 3, 2013 19:42:38 GMT -5
I am greatly sadden that Antonia has a broken engagement and a unwed pregnancy. I have known her my whole life and I have never pictured this life for her. This is not the best life choice for any women. She has disappointed me greatly. I pictured great things for her. Antonia is a single mother and it hurts me that she had to go through all this alone. But I know that she is strong. She was strong coming to another country and dealing with her father's suicide. I know that she will be the best the mother in the world. She will love this child more than anything. But I know that she has to be more independent than ever now. I will soon have to accept that this is her life and I am no longer around all the time to help her make decisions. She is a grown women. She is now a different person than who I grew up with. I no longer know this Antonia.
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Post by Pancy on Sept 5, 2013 8:07:36 GMT -5
Jim got the news of Antonia’s engagement with a sense of pleasure and dismay. When Jim heard that Antonia’s fiancé broke off the engagement and left her a child, his heart wrenched. He really wanted to be with Antonia but I could not. Almost all the valuable memories of Jim are about Antonia. Although he knew that she would marry with someone and no longer be his Antonia, Jim still hoped that she could be happy. Her tardy made Jim feel bitter.
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