1. How long has it been since Jim has seen Antonia? Jim suggests it was "cowardice" that kept him away so long? What do you think he means by that?

1. How long has it been since Jim has seen Antonia? Jim suggests it was "cowardice" that kept him away so long? What do you think he means by that?

2. When Jim first enters he says that a "miracle happened" - What was the miracle? How does it connect to our focus on change in the novel?

3. What do Jim and Antonia talk about when they visit? At the end of the novel, Jim writes "I had the sense of coming home to myself and of having found out what a little circle man's experience is" -What do you think Jim means by that? Do you think that our lives are a circle of experiences? Why or why not?