The tomcats and the Huskies were the two teams that battled for the city championship
D. To give the audience a more personal experience.
Answer:
Lou's argument at the bottom of page 3 shows that:
Lou wanted to avoid the hard work that would be required in cultivating the land. That was why he suggested that it should be sold as their neighbors were doing.
His argument, however, was rejected totally by Alexandra who understood that in patiently cultivating the land and by dint of hard work, true and satisfying profits would be amassed.
Explanation:
Willa Cather wrote "O Pioneers!" in 1913 to extol "the strength and everlasting nature of the land and the ugly and destructive nature of jealousy." Therefore, "O Pioneers!" chronicled the lives and experiences of the Bergsons who immigrated from Sweden to Nebraska, US. At first, their father acquired a massive parcel of land for farming and started cultivating it to sustain the family of Alexandra, Oscar, Lou, Emily, and their mother. When he died, Alexandra dexterously turned the cultivation of the land into a lucrative business that sustained and enriched the family thereafter.
Answer:
It is important to include because there are several references in the story saying that Jack, the narrator’s father should not have lived and died the way that he did, and that he could have and wanted to be and do more. He did not live up to anyone’s expectations, and was not the happiest person and father in the world.
(good story btw, if there's any other questions you have for the "Growing Up Ethnic In America" book please ask them)
