My Antonia and Heartland: An Analysis 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 showed an unromantic and raw view of what frontier life was like, wrought with hunger, harsh weather conditions, economic failure, and death. The film depicts marriage in an interesting light. It is an act of practicality, not one of love. When the two characters in Heartland marry the man regards it as an i