I found the section regarding the “three classes” of the farmer’s advance particularly interesting. The first class, especially, seemed to correlate to Alexandra. The piece suggests that the first class of the farmer’s advance maintains a strong sense of independence and personal freedom. This statement immediately made me contemplate not only Alexandra’s situation, but even that of her father early on. Despite her being in charge of her homestead and even becoming quite successful later on, was Alexandra free? Further, did her success on the frontier make her more or less free than her father, who experienced only hardship during his time there?
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I would say that she was not like her father because although she did make a lot of money unlike her father who was financially strained during his time on the farm, she eventually was able to leave the land with Carl. The only time her father got to leave the farm was when he died, which didn’t allow him to truly experience freedom.