USA HISTORY

In Too Soon a Woman, Pa’s attitude toward Mary at the beginning of the story is:

(A) sympathetic

(B) cruel

(C) patient

(D) ** resentful

Concept note-1: -Mary) Mary wants to join the family on the journey but Pa doesn’t want her to accompany them because he thinks that she will just be another mouth to feed and she will not help them. What conflict is introduced on the first page of the story?

Concept note-2: -Thesis:The author develops the theme of finding freedom through sacrifices by the way she crafts symbolism and character. This story is about a boy and his-soon-to-be stepmother, Mary, as they struggle to try and survive during the Homestead Act of 1863.

Concept note-3: -Conflict and resolution The conflict was starvation and the resolution was the testing of the mushroom.