Read this excerpt from the novel My Antonia, by Willa Cather.

Grandmother spoke feelingly. "When she (Antonia) first came to this country, Frances, and had that genteel old man to watch over her, she was as pretty a girl as ever I saw. But, dear me, what a life she's led, out in the fields with those rough threshers! Things would have been very different with poor Antonia if her father had lived."

What does the theme in this passage tell you about Antonia?

A.
She needs education.

B.
She has had a difficult life.

C.
She is a hard worker.

D.
She is innocent.