Prairie Dogs and Earth-Owls

Since Jimmy really doesn't have anything else to do during the day he goes on the errands that Fuchs would have done. He goes on to talk about the memories he has about the ranch and the first autumn there. Things like the open fields with no fence and the sunflowers. He would go to the prairie-dog town to watch the earth-owl fly home and go in their nests underground with the dogs. Sometimes snaked would make homes among the holes and eat the eggs and puppies.

Antonia is very opinionated about everything. Like how much she loves her lessons with Jimmy. She also likes to help Grandmother in the kitchen.

The Shimerdas hated Krajiek. The only reason they clung to him was because he was the only way they could get the information they needed. He slept in the barn with all the other Shimerda males but they felt of him as the rattlesnake in the owls hole, they just didn't know how to get rid of him.

One day Antonia finds out that there are some of her fathers friends living slightly north of them who speak Russian but its very close to the Bohemian she speaks. One day she and Jimmy decide to go visit them. (There are 2 males, Peter and Pavel) Peter liked having the visitors. he made them feel right at home. He would give them good and play games and tell them stories. I think he just missed having any kids at all. Even when Jimmy and Antonia tried to find other ways of occupying them so they wouldn't leave.

Antonia's father has a very special gun that was given to him. He now feels that Jimmy should have it. He tells jimmy all about where it came from and of all its value. Both personal and monetarily. Jimmy is so excited about it.

Sometimes its hard to get into the actual feelings of the characters. I feel that i get distracted by all the detail. its not detail about the people, its details about the surroundings. It's not my favorite book ever but its not bad either. I hope something happens between Antonia and Jimmy. I think that would make this book.

"Nevertheless, that legend has stuck in my mind, and the sunflower-bordered roads always seem to me the roads to freedom."