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How Did Antonia Change Tony's Life

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During the entire story of Jim and Tony’s time together, I think that both of their ideas of life changed a little as they aged.. Antonia was always taking the side of Ambroz, her oldest brother, even though he was a selfish and hateful person. I think she changed a great deal when she separated from the family while working in Black Hawk. At a younger age she was quick to let Jim know what she thought “Ántonia had opinions about everything, and she was soon able to make them known”. She treated Jim as a child for a while in Book 1. As their relationship grew, she started seeing Jim more as an equal. Especially after Jim killed the large rattle snake while looking at the groundhog tunnels, "You is just like big mans; you wait for him lift his
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This proves her persistence for work even since it does not follow the social standards; and this is something Jim wholly admires. In Jims younger parts of life he thought of Antonia much more romantically, he even tries to kiss her: “Now, don’t you go and be a fool like some of these town boys. You’re not going to sit around here and whittle store-boxes and tell stories all your life. You are going away to school and making something of yourself. I’m just awfully proud of you.

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