I think Antonia would agree with Jim's definition. The reason is because this statement is something she would resonate with and understand, being the character she is in the novel, and I've felt as if I'm dissolving into something whole and wonderful when I was happy, and that is something I feel Antonia would agree with since her and I seem to share similar traits as persons, suprisingly. The same could be said for Jim.
It's a near surreal feeling, especially once leaving a darker and more depressing/saddening part of your life.
“I was something that lay under the sun and felt it, like the pumpkins, and I did not want to be anything more. I was entirely happy. Perhaps we feel like that when we die and become a part of something entire,…show more content… Some people simply may not understand what it means to feel happiness that way. Perhaps it would take hardship, depression and the worst of times to feel the lovely and peacefully behind living with happiness or finding even one place to feel calmness, contentment with one's self. Given that this story follows the hardships in the beginning of founding America, there was probably little to no time to rest. The country wasn't settled, and you had to work hard to get what you had wanted. It was a triumphant mission to survive day by day, and God knows what kind of feelings, sadness or loss of comfort probably came with leaving your homeland to settle on somewhere entirely different.
Indefinitely, it's something that would more than likely need to experience for yourself, and seeing that Jim and Antonia are involved in similar . That is one of the reasons I think I resonate with and understand what Antonia is talking about. Reason it truly resonates with me is due to the hardships my family and I have faced and still currently face today. It's the feeling when all the work is done and the worst of a situation is through and overcame, you can find real peace, happiness and fullness apart of something much
