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Life on the prairie and frontier was overwhelming. Men and women had to face challenges of survival with little or no outside assistance. Almost all of the decisions made on the frontier were made based on practicality and/or necessity. The film Heartland showe ....

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.... in a couple different ways. In the beginning of the novel Jim Burden felt, "blotted out", and "swallowed up", by the large size and vastness of the open space. He felt it was a place , "beyond the reach of mankind." Throughout the novel Jim's view of the frontier is shown by how he reaches to the town. Because the town has been isolated by the prairie, gossip has become has progressed into the primary pastime of the towns people. Jim finds this exceedingly aggravating stating,"." Towards the end of the novel Jim, symbolically, is restricted by the prairie. He comes to see the prairie as a burden and restriction to his pursuit of higher educa ....