The theme of this novel is the willpower to achieve one?s goal, or in this case, the American dream. The characters are very strong and show a lot of fortitude in accomplishing their goals. They go through very tough and adverse times, but they refuse to accept defeat. These are the foundations upon which America was built. No matter what happens they continue to fight for their natural, God-given, rights, as defined in the Constitution. Through hardships of their own, they hope to earn their land, houses, animals, and their material possessions necessary to live their lives. They do this in order to make life easier and more beautiful for themselves and their children.

Lana and Gil are good examples of this theme. When they are first married, they have nothing but a cow, a few pieces of furniture, a peacock feather, which symbolizes the entity of this dream. This is all eventually lost in the war, but by the end of the novel, Gil is farming on his own land, has built a new house, and owns a yoke of oxen. Lana has her two boys, a baby daughter, and she later reclaims her feather. They are both now satisfied wit

Hons Yost is the brother of Nancy. He gets arrested while Nancy is looking for him. During his arrest, he agrees to brag to the British about the American strengths.

The following spring brought with it General Butler?s ?destructives,? raiding parties that would swoop down to burn and pillage small settlements of farms. Mrs. Demooth tormented Nancy constantly because of her condition and one night frightened the girl so completely that Nancy, in terror, packed a few of her belonging in a shawl and ran away. Her only idea was to get to Niagara and see her brother Hon and take refuge from him. Not long after she left, Nancy experienced labor pains and soon gave birth to her child beside stream. An Indian man was riding by and saw Nancy there and took her with him to be his wife. Soon, in the month of May, Lana gave birth to her son. The harvest was small and the raidings continued all throughout the summer months, and as a result, the harvest was poor. In the mishaps of the war, Mrs. McKlennar?s house and harvest was not burned but badly destroyed.

Lana was my favorite character because she endured so many more hardships than any other character in the whole novel. She must give birth to two children practically alone. She nurses her two sons and is near death for them. She works extremely hard to keep her children and herself alive.

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Approximate Word count = 2332
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)