Antonia and Jim have some same views but also have opposing views in many senses. In other words they don't see eye to eye in certain subject matters. Jim is very ensued into nature. He is sensitive toward his environment. He even at one point invests human qualities in the landscape around him. "We used to feel anxious about them, and visit them as if they were persons." (Cather, 21) He keeps the landscape to himself as something to dream about, but not to understand. Antonia isn't as infatuated with nature as Jim is. It seems that Antonia has other things to think about than nature. The whole story relates Jim to nature and his environment in some way. If Antonia had written this book there wouldn't be as many references to nature and the environment, it would have been more related to problems and accomplishments in her life.
             One big event that happened was when there was an argument between Jim and Antonia. The argument was over how their families acted toward each other and what each other thought of certain members of the family. Jim thinks that Antonia's mother was conceited, and rude person. "She was a conceited, boastful old thing, and even misfortune could not humble her." This he said when Mrs. Shimerda said hastily that the Burden's had many things to use for cooking, and if she had them she would be able to cook better. She says this sarcastically. Mrs. Burden gives her the pot and Jim doesn't agree with it. It is almost as if Mrs. Shimerda resents the Burden's for having so much. If Antonia were telling the story, she would not see her mother in this way. She would go along with what her mother thought. You would not see the conceitedness of Mrs. Shimerda. You would also see more emphasis on the way Antonia's family sees the Burden's. Mrs. Shimerda thinks that Mr. Burden should help them out a lot because the Burden's are rich a...