My Antonia

What does Jim think about Antonia losing her "nice ways and getting rough ones"?

Chapter 17

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Jim is rather put off that Antonia doesn't embrace the gender roles that he expects. He doesn't understand that labor and induring the survival of her family is a part of who she is, in the same way study and an education are important to Jim.

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