Wilder writes the book from an innocent child’s perspective rather than that of a grown adult, reflecting on past events, perhaps to make the story more relatable to her young readers. Reflecting Laura’s young age and the target audience of young readers, the narration is written in a simple style. He immediately packs up the house and reassembles the covered wagon, and the family moves on the next day, looking for a new place to call home. Just as Pa is preparing farm fields to grow crops and a garden, he learns that US soldiers will be coming through the territory to remove white settlers rather than allowing them to claim land. It will be passed along generation to generation, especially as the series reaches big anniversaries and we’re given more new editions and more insights into. She loves to hear Pa play the fiddle in the evenings, which he does often.Ī year after the family arrives in Kansas, many Native Americans leave the area. The Little House on the Prairie books will forever be a part of the children’s literary world, and the franchise itself will live on as part of American history and cultural literacy. Laura and Mary love playing and frolicking on the prairie, and Laura is captivated by the landscape and by the family’s animals-dog Jack, the horses Pet and Patty, and a foal named Bunny. The house is very isolated from other settlers, but the family interacts with a few neighbors, a bachelor named Mr. Potentially dangerous wildlife is also nearby, and the family has run-ins with wolves and a panther. Natives sometimes come into their house, and Laura’s parents feel compelled to give them supplies when they indicate that they want something. Native Americans often pass through and camp near the family’s house, putting them on edge because they are afraid the Native Americans will be hostile toward them.
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