Mom: gentle and considerate, full of maternal love. With a kind smile, she turned simple and rough food into sweet and delicious food. She always gently reminds her man not to say anything in front of the children. She is so careful that she doesn't forget to put clean bibs on the children when eating in the caravan. She dresses the children in clean pajamas every night, and then washes the dishes after sleeping.
She never complains. When they had to give up the home they had worked so hard to build for a year because of government conscription, she just sighed and said, "Charles, we wasted a year."
Roland: Brave and sensible, such as the chapter "The chimney is on fire".
Mary: Quiet, considerate, observant and helpful.
Kelly: I have curious eyes.
Charles Inges: Smart and resourceful. Adventurous and sensitive.
Caroline: gentle and considerate, sensitive and sensible.
Edwards: Hard-working, brave, generous and kind, which helps Laura's family a lot.
Extended data:
This book tells the story of Laura's family who didn't want to stay in the big forest, so they left their hometown in the big forest. With the hope of a better life in the future, they took a covered carriage, crossed several states, crossed the Mississippi River and the Missouri River, and finally moved to the western prairie, where they were self-reliant, built houses, dug wells, planted seeds, helped each other with several neighbors, and interacted with Indians, and finally had to leave the prairie.
After reading it, I learned about the process of Americans struggling for survival, perseverance and self-improvement from the barren nature in the past; After reading it, we know that children who grow up in this predicament will be healthy, confident and happy, full of love for others and grateful for life.
After reading it, we will also think that our ancestors opened up such a beautiful home as Laura's home with their own hands and sweat and passed it on to future generations. We can't help thinking of their lives: farming, hunting, sewing clothes, building houses and so on with our own hands.
After reading it, we will understand that the test of life can hone people to be smarter and know how to cherish and appreciate it; After reading it, we also know that Laura also encountered the life problems we encountered today. Her choices and coping strategies provide us with the answers, that is, calmness, happiness, tenacity, tolerance, courage and optimism.