Ántonia was a significant part of his childhood and by the end of the book he saw their friendship as destiny. “For Ántonia and for me, this had been the road of Destiny: had taken us to those early accidents of fortune which predetermined for us all that we can ever be. Now I understood that the same road was to bring us together again. Whatever we had missed, we possessed together the precious, the incommunicable past” (222). Jim’s meeting with her did seem like destiny, because they were on the same train heading to Nebraska, and then became neighbors. While he grew up, it seemed his friendship with Ántonia kept him grounded and
Ántonia was a significant part of his childhood and by the end of the book he saw their friendship as destiny. “For Ántonia and for me, this had been the road of Destiny: had taken us to those early accidents of fortune which predetermined for us all that we can ever be. Now I understood that the same road was to bring us together again. Whatever we had missed, we possessed together the precious, the incommunicable past” (222). Jim’s meeting with her did seem like destiny, because they were on the same train heading to Nebraska, and then became neighbors. While he grew up, it seemed his friendship with Ántonia kept him grounded and