My Ántonia, Chapter 12: samenvatting

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1. Grandfather reads about Christ’s birth and gives thanks while remembering people who struggle to survive.
2. Jake reports the Shimerdas’ pleasure in their gifts, and Otto spends the afternoon writing to his mother.
3. Mr. Shimerda arrives to express thanks and rests contentedly beside the stove.
4. The narrator lights the tree, and Mr. Shimerda kneels before it while Grandfather quietly bows his head.
5. After supper, Mr. Shimerda blesses the narrator and leaves; Grandfather affirms the worth of good people’s prayers.

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Grandfather answers the difference in religious practice with acceptance. His words resolve the narrator’s account of Grandmother’s anxiety about his response.

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