Prairie
By Ellie Steingard
My Ántonia By Willa Cather
One of the things I will remember from my childhood is going out into the field and ride in the tractor or combine with my dad. Also, helping my dad irrigate the fields of corn & soybeans. The land is a symbol of my childhood. Nebraska land has been an important role all throughout my life. It is what we live off of. The weather challenges us. In the book the prairie plays a very important role and is the antagonist. They build their lives on the prairie, and it all depends upon the weather, vegetation, animal life. Although, people may call this land we live on, "prairie", but it sure is not the prairie it was. The land has been taken over for farming and industries.
Marie Ratzlaff Prairie
Quotes from My Ántonia
-Willa Cather, My Antonia
We did not go to the prairie in the spring, but you could still breath in the fresh cool air. The description is still partly the same, with the swift clouds, pale sunshine, high wind very unpredictable.
-Willa Cather, My Antonia
This is a very vivid description in the book, of which is actually the same as here in Nebraska today.
-Willa Cather, My Antonia
The prairie did not continue beyond the horizon, and was not covering all of the land. For what I saw though, it was still beautiful. When I was out there, I could picture myself as Antonia in the prairie.
Resources
"My Ãntonia Quotes." By Willa Cather. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2014.
SparkNotes. SparkNotes, n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2014.