Summary
Analysis
When school is out in midsummer, Jim and Ántonia spend more time together. One night Jim and Ántonia climb to the roof to watch a distant lightning storm. As they watch, Jim asks Ántonia why she can't be "nice" all the time and instead tries so hard to be like Ambrosch. Ántonia responds that things will never be as easy for her or her family as they are for Jim and his family.