Sammendrag av My Ántonia, Chapter 3

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1. During the wagon ride, grandmother and Otto explain how Krajiek overcharges the Shimerdas and controls their access to advice.
2. The visitors reach the family's cramped hillside dwelling and deliver food to Mrs. Shimerda and her children.
3. Ántonia leads the narrator and Yulka toward Squaw Creek, where she eagerly asks for English names.
4. Ántonia learns twenty words and offers her silver ring, but the narrator refuses her gift.
5. Mr. Shimerda calls the children back and gives grandmother a bilingual alphabet book, asking her to teach Ántonia.

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Mr. Shimerda’s urgent request makes Ántonia's education a direct concern for grandmother. It also emphasizes the family's need for help communicating.

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