At the beginning of book two Jim and his grandparents move to the city. Jim starts high school. Their neighbors, the Harlings soon loose a cook, so Mrs. Burden suggests that they hire Antonia. Soon, Antonia has a visitor. The visitor's name is Lena Lingard. Lena says that she has also found a job in town at a dressmaking place. Lena is also from the country. Lena and Jim soon become very good friends.
In the spring, a man named Samson D'Arnault comes to Black Hawk to play the piano. He stays in the Boys' Home. One day Jim goes to the Boys' Home to listen to D'Arnault play, and the men start to hear dancing in the other room. They find out that it is Antonia, Lena, and some of their friends. The men convince the girls to come dance with them, and they finally oblidge. After this Lena and Antonia start to love dancing. Antonia especially thinks about nothing but dancing for a long tim. Mrs. Harling does not like her to go out and dance all the time, but Antonia can not stop. Soon, Antonia finds work with the Cutters. The Cutters are a family in Black Hawk that nobody likes.
Jim admits that he likes the country girls more then he likes the proper city girls. He says the country girls are more fun. Jim also says that none of the other boys feel comfortable dating or being with the hired, or country, girls. Jim likes them though, and he gets rediculed for that.
Jim soon becomes bored with his high school life. He starts to go to the Firemen's House for dances. He sneaks out at night when his grandparents are alseep. One night, Jime returns home and sees that his grandmother has been crying. She has found out that he has been going to the dances, and she wants him to stop. Jim does what she says, but he soon starts to feel empty inside again.
One day, the Cutters leave town and tell Antonia to stay at the house by herself. She is afraid to be there by herself, so Jim stays in her stead. Jim wakes up one night to Mr. Cutter coming into his room. Mr. Cutter thought he was Antonia, and he had to returned to try to rape Antonia. Jim barely escapes.
Book three is all about Jim in college. He studies Greek. One day, Lena comes to visit Jim. After this they spend a lot of time together. Lena tells Jim that Antonia is engaged to Larry Donovan. The last chapter ends with Jim moving to Harvard.
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