What theme is best supported by this passage from my antonia? the country girls were considered a menace to the social order. their beauty shone out too boldly against a conventional background. but anxious mothers need have felt no alarm. they mistook the mettle of their sons. the respect for respectability was stronger than any desire in black hawk youth. tradition has a stronger pull than beauty. beauty is a stronger force than tradition. mothers have a very strong influence on their sons. country girls can have a dangerous influence.