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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from My Antonia by Willa Cather: the first Bohemian family to come to this part of the county.
Krajiek was their only interpreter, and could tell them anything
he chose. They could not speak enough English to ask for advice,
or even to make their most pressing wants known. One son,
Fuchs said, was well-grown, and strong enough to work the land;
but the father was old and frail and knew nothing about farming.
He was a weaver by trade; had been a skilled workman on tapestries
and upholstery materials. He had brought his fiddle with him,
which wouldn't be of much use here, though he used to pick up money
by it at home.
`If they're nice people, I hate to think of them spending
My Antonia |
