Victoria

 Two Smart Boards
 Around them: pictures of characters, and
important quotes

 Choose from five characters
 Antonia
 Jim
 Lena
 Mrs. Shimerda
 Francis
 Make decisions for them
 When player chooses opposite decision from the
book, he/she can decide to be redirected to the
beginning, or to be given a short character
analysis

 You just moved to your grandparents’ home
in Nebraska. They invite you to go on a trip to
your new immigrant neighbors, the
Shimerdas, from the Czech Republic.

YES NO

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 You‘re at the Shimerdas and you meet
Antonia, a brown eyed 14-year-old beautiful
girl, her younger sister, Yulka, their father, Mr.
Shimerda, their mother, Mrs. Shimerda,
Krajiek their translator, and Ambrosch. You
find out that they were cheated out of a lot of
money during their move here. Mr. Shimerda
asks you to give his two daughters English
lessons.

 You become friends with Antonia and spend
many days together. However, throughout
the winter, the Shimerdas borrow a lot from
you and your family. Mr. Shimerda commits
suicide and then the Shimerdas begin to
damage your belongings. Eventually Jake and
Ambrosch get in a fight and Jake punches
him in the nose.

NO, THEY DAMAGED OUR
OF COURSE I’LL FORGIVE THEM THINGS AND MY HEART


 A year goes by and your family begins to start
to talk to the Shimerdas again. You and
Antonia begin to socialize and go walking
more and more. But school has started so
time is harder to find now. Antonia explains
to you how your family is going to have it
much easier than hers. Three years go by and
your family asks you if you want to move
back to Black Hawk.

NO YES


 In Black Hawk, you begin to attend school
again. Your nearest neighbors, the Harlings,
lose their cook and your father convinces
them to hire Antonia. At one point, Lena
Lingard, another worker girl, announces to
Antonia and you that she has gained a
position at a local dressmaking shop. She
invites you to come and see her more often at
work.

YES NO, NEVER


 You go and see Lena and gossip with her after
work. Winter and Christmas season comes
and you turn your interests to indoor
activities. One of these includes dancing with
Antonia and Lena after dark in the Boys’
home. Italians come into town and begin a
dancing club during the evenings.

OF COURSE, SHE’S MY BEST
FRIEND NO


 The Vannis leave town and you are forced to
find entertainment elsewhere. You realize
there is a Saloon open.

 Your reputation is brought into question and
once again you must find entertainment
elsewhere. There is another dancing club
opening in Black Hawk.

 You go to the dances after your grandparents
have gone to sleep. You find out that your
grandmother has been crying because she
has learned of your deceitfulness.

YES, THEY DISAPPOINTED MY NO, THERE’S NOTHING TO DO
GRANDMOTHER IN THIS BORING TOWN .


 After your highschool graduation where you
dedicate your speech to Antonia’s father. You
find your summers filled with preparation for
further studies. Antonia calls you because she
is feeling uneasy about spending the night
alone in the Cutter’s home.

NOPE. I HAVE MY OWN STUFF YES, IT’S A GOOD THING TO DO
TO DO FOR A FRIEND


 Mr. Cutter ends up coming back in order to
attempt to seduce or rape Antonia. You get away
after jumping out a window and running back to
your own home. You begin University studies
and the man that you become close with there,
Cleric, informs you that you can accompany him
to Harvord College. Your grandfather agrees.
However, during this time you have become
close with Lena again and see plays and socialize
with her.

YES, IT’S A FANTASTIC
OPPORTUNITY NO, I’LL MISS LENA


 You finish your studies at Harvard and you go
back to the country to visit all of your old
friends. When sitting for a ph0tograph with
your grandparents you see the picture of
Antonia’s baby. You have time to go visit
some people in the country. You know that
Widow Stevens could give you some
information about Antonia.

NO, I DON’T WANT TO KNOW YES, I DO WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT ANTONIA ABOUT ANTONIA


 You learn about Antonia’s new husband and
child. You walk over to Antonia’s house where
Yulka shows you Antonia’s baby. After that,
you and Antonia walk out into the sunset and
Antonia promises you that you will see her
again.

NO, I DON’T KNOW IF I’LL BE
OF COURSE ABLE TO


 Twenty years later you come to visit Antonia.
All of the awkwardness fades away as you
and Antonia discuss the old days. You
discover that Antonia is happy now farming
like she always had, and you tell her about
your new domestic life. As you leave you find
the road that you used to take, and you sit
down watching the haystacks as the sun sets.

 Throughout the novel, Jim matures from
being an orphan-boy to a independent adult.
His nostalgic descriptions of the Nebraskan
farm life make the memoir of his past that
much better. He learns about social hierarchy
after siding with the worker-girls during his
school-life, and goes through the “rebellious”
age during his teen years. After he moves out,
he becomes a successful lawyer but never
forgets about his young life.

 You and your family move to Nebraska. You
know very little English and while going there
you and your family were taken advantage of
when buying goods from American
merchants. You meet the Burdens and a
young boy named Jim who is a couple years
younger than you. Your family wants you to
learn more English from him.

NO, I HAVE TOO MUCH TO DO
YES, I NEED THE KNOWLEDGE GETTING MY FAMILY IN ORDER


 You begin to take English lessons from Jim.
One evening, you encounter your father with
three dead rabbits in order to make you a hat.
After that, you go to town to buy a spade
with Jim. That night, your father invites you
and Jim to go and see Pavel, a dying Russian
man.

NO YES

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 Pavel dies. Otto builds Jim a sleigh for the
winter. You know that you and your sister
Yulka came unprepared for the cold, but Jim
still invites you for a ride.

YES, SOUNDS FUN! NO, IT’S TOO COLD OUT


 Jim gives you his coat and as a result gets sick
for the following two weeks. The next time
you see him is when his family came to you in
order to give you a gift of food. You are too
embarrassed and run crying inside. Your
mother explains to them that you were not
beggars in Bohemia. It is almost New Years
and your mother asks you if you wish to go
and see Jim.

OF COURSE NO WAY

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 It’s new years’ day and you are at Jim’s house.
You and Jim get into an argument over your
family’s situation. A little while goes by and
your father commits suicide, which leaves
you with most of the farm work for your
family. Jim comes one day and asks you if you
would like to attend school with him.

YES, I NEED A BETTER NO, I HAVE TOO MUCH WORK
EDUCATION ON THE FARM.

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 You and Jim see less and less of each other as
the school year progresses. Your family
begins to borrow things from the Burdens.
You take good care of the items but you hear
that Jake has punched Ambrosh in the nose
because Jake believes that you haven’t been
taking good care of them.

SHIMERDAS BURDENS

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 Even though your family remains proud of
the incident, you realize you must get some
money in order for your family to make it
through the winter. Mr. Burden offers you a
job inside their household.

 You take the job in the house. You spend
much of the summer with Jim including a
night when you and him spent the night
watching a lightening storm. You explain to
Jim how easy it will be for his family and how
difficult it is bound to be for yours. Jim moves
to Black Hawk to go to school and soon you
learn that his father has gotten you a job with
the Harlings.

YES, WE NEED THE MONEY NO, I’M HAPPY FARMING


 You take the job with the Harlings. One
evening you get a visitor named Lena,
another worker girl who just took a job at a
dress shop.

COOLY WITH OPEN ARMS


 You see Lena often in town, but not as often
as Jim does. Jim comes over to the Harlings’
home in order to play dress up, chrades, and
other games with you. You tell a story about a
man who committed suicide. Soon you hear
that d’Arnault is playing a piano concert. Lena
invites you to go dancing with her in the
other room during the concert.

 You learn that the Vannis have come to town
and are giving dancing lessons. Do you go
and learn?

 You gain a lot of attention dancing. A boy
even tries to kiss you.

 Your employers, the Cutters present an
ultimatum to you. You must either quit
dancing or try to find work elsewhere.

FIND WORK ELSEWHERE QUIT DANCING


 You find work with Wick Cutter. You spend
more and more of your time on your social
life, even sewing your own dresses. However,
you never lose the homesickness of the
country and your father. Jim finds you crying
over this.

 One night, Mr. Cutter says that he is going to
be gone for a few days and you must stay
alone in the house. You feel a bit uneasy
about this.

 Good idea! Mr. Cutter was planning on
returning in order to try to take advantage of
you. After you quit your job, you meet a nice
man named Donovan who is interested in
taking you on as his wife.

 You marry Donovan, and move to Denver
with him. Your family does not hear of you for
weeks but soon Donovan runs off to Mexico
and you become pregnant. You do not know
what to do.

TRY TO LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE IN
DENVER GO BACK HOME


 You go back home and soon have a child and
have it photographed. Jim comes to see you
Yulka and your child and he is interested in
hearing your plans. Jim promises to return.

 Twenty years go by and during that time you
meet Cuzak, another Bohemian. You two
become close and get married and have
many children. You help Cuzak not be
homesick. After telling Jim all that has
happened, he requests to sleep with your
sons in the barn. Jim leaves and you say your
goodbyes ready to continue your happy life
with Cuzak, Jim, and your children.

 Antonia begins as a girl lost in the new country.
Gradually she becomes the independent girl that
the reader sees at the end of the novel. She is
forced to face so much hardship after the death
of her father. She must work as a servant girl,
but through this she gains a love for her social
life. Antonia always tries to make the best of her
circumstances especially when her first husband
runs away to Mexico. She never sacrifices her
independence and finishes her life happily on
the farm with Cuzak and her many children.

The writing style during the farm life portion of the novel was
very nostalgic. It recalled memories with great description,
especially in the passages about nature. The main themes in
this section had to do with how much the narrator missed
home.
Quotation Number One

Quotation Number Two

Quotation Number Three

“Optima dies prima fugit” (the best days are the first to flee) was the
main theme of this section of the novel. The style shows the
narrator attempting to adapt to the new city life that he has taken.
However, several times during this section he recalls on his
memories from the farm. The narrator is not nearly as descriptive
in this section, but more of it is used to attack the social divisions
of the city.



The outlook in this section is more mature, mostly because it is
the portion of the novel where the narrator knows
everything that had happened.



“Even while we whispered about it, our vision disappeared, the
ball dropped and dropped until the red tip went beneath the
earth. The fields below us were dark, the sky was growing
pale, and forgotten plow had sunk back into it’s own
littleness somewhere on the prairie”

Farm Life Present Day City Life

“More than any other person we remembered, this girl seemed
to mean to us the country, the conditions, the whole
adventure of our childhood. To speak her name was to call up
pictures of people and places, to set a quiet drama going in
one’s brain. “


“The red of the grass made all the great prairie the color of
wine stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first
washed up. And there was so much motion in it; the whole
country seemed, somehow, to be running.”


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