I’m the book my Antonia by Willa Cather, Antonia the main character learns many helpful lessons throughout her life. She is a fun character, that’s is not afraid of hard work. Throughout the book, she is trying to find herself. She learns three important lessons of independence, responsibility and happiness. Through learning these lessons, Antonia becomes a better person. To begin, Antonia learned and found her independence in order to help her family. After Antonia’s father’s sudden suicide, Antonia took over the farm duties for her family, and so she would be in the field all day. “When the sun was dropping low, Antonia came up the big south draw with her team. How much older she had grown in eight months!”(p.69). Some years later, she ended up moving to the town to work for the Harling’s and then later the Cutters, to help make more money for her family. Then years later, she ran away to get married, but the wedding got called off, but she was pregnant. She became responsible for her child and raised it. Then she actually got married, and had many kids with her husband and raised all her kids, a household, and a farm since her husband was not into farming. …show more content…
She learned that she made a mistake, and got pregnant before marriage, but she took responsibility, and raised the child. Then, she actually gets married, and has a huge family of her own, and takes responsibility for the family. She raises the family and the farm, and raise her children with great happiness through it all. “No, I’m glad I had a chance to learn; but I’m thankful none of my daughters will ever have to work out. The trouble with me was, Jim, I never could believe harm of anybody I loved,