My Antonia

Draw a generalization about life from the following quotation in which grandmother says to jim after an annoying visit from Mrs. Shimerda and Antonia.

Qoute ; "But you see, a body never know what traits poverty might bring out in em. It amkes a woman grasping to see her children want for things".

Book 1 Cahpter 13

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Grandmother is commenting on what poverty has done to this family: how it ages the body and taxes them mentally and physically.