Passage 1 Passage 2
Which statement BEST describes how the central
character in BOTH passages viows her decision
to leave home to work?
In this excerpt from Willa cother's novel My Antonia, Lana
has left her family's farm to come to live in the town of
Black Hawk and team to be a seamstress Hor move to town
was criticized by some who felt she should have remained
safely at home to help her family in this excerpt from
Chapter V of Book it The Hired Girls' she shares on
afternoon of holiday shopping with a friend who has also
left her family's farm to work in town
In Passage 1. Lena questions whether she has
made the right decision, while in Passago 2,
Christie is confident that her decision is correct.
Excerpt from My Antoniá
by Willa Cather
in Passage 1. Lena realizes that people criticize her
decision, while in Passage 2, Christie is unaware of
how others feel about her decision.
After Lena came to Black Hawk I often met her
downtown, where she would be matching
sowing silk or buying "findings' for Mrs.
Thomas. If I happened to walk home with her,
she told me all about the dresses she was
helping to make, or about what she saw and
in Passago 1 Lona regrets that her decision has
harmod others, while in Passago 2, Christio cares
only about herselt
In Passage 1. Lena worries about financial security,
while in Passage 2, Christie presumes that she will
earn a good wago easily
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