She marries Anton Cuzak. Anton and Antonio own a very successful farm. In fact, their farm is so prosperous that Anton has received many offers to buy the farm. For Anton and Antonia, these offers could be taken as an opportunity of returning to their homeland, but these offers are always turned down. Anton states, “I like to go back there once, when the boys is big enough to farm the place. Sometimes when I read the papers from the old country, I pretty near run away… [but] I never did think how I would like to be a settled man like this” (Cather 224). Commenting on the couple’s relationship, Burden notes, “the two seemed to be on terms of easy friendliness, touched with humor. Clearly, she was the impulse, and he the corrective” (Cather 221). As Burden stated, Antonia’s early years as an immigrant and working girl directly impact her uncanny ability to lead a home. The two are ultimately happy, successful, and dedicated to the land where they live, much to the shock of
She marries Anton Cuzak. Anton and Antonio own a very successful farm. In fact, their farm is so prosperous that Anton has received many offers to buy the farm. For Anton and Antonia, these offers could be taken as an opportunity of returning to their homeland, but these offers are always turned down. Anton states, “I like to go back there once, when the boys is big enough to farm the place. Sometimes when I read the papers from the old country, I pretty near run away… [but] I never did think how I would like to be a settled man like this” (Cather 224). Commenting on the couple’s relationship, Burden notes, “the two seemed to be on terms of easy friendliness, touched with humor. Clearly, she was the impulse, and he the corrective” (Cather 221). As Burden stated, Antonia’s early years as an immigrant and working girl directly impact her uncanny ability to lead a home. The two are ultimately happy, successful, and dedicated to the land where they live, much to the shock of