https://padlet.com/s24600177/puv8iu8rhx94ieks en-us 2022-11-14 23:22:27 UTC 2025-10-24 13:18:21 UTC hello@padlet.com s24600177 https://padlet.com/s24600177/puv8iu8rhx94ieks/wish/2383752730 “Louisa looked at the old dog munching on his simple fare, and thought of her approaching marriage and trembled. Still no anticipation of disorder and confusion in lieu of sweet peace and harmony, no forebodings of Caesar on the rampage, no wild fluttering of her little yellow canary, were sufficient to turn her a hair's-breadth” (Freeman 6).]]> 2022-11-14 23:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600177/puv8iu8rhx94ieks/wish/2383752730 s24600177 https://padlet.com/s24600177/puv8iu8rhx94ieks/wish/2383753672 The idea of Louisa moving somewhere else seems like too much of a change because her house is where she finds peace. She is always upset that her feminine possessions will be combined with masculine elements. She is grateful for her home's serene, nurturing features, which firmly establish her femininity in a strong but non oppressive way. It's interesting to note that Joe, not Louisa, receives the impulse to release the dog from its chain from Freeman. Louisa worries that if the dog is released, it might go on a "rampage." This exemplifies Louisa's aversion to change and her relocation to Joe's home (Williams). ]]> 2022-11-14 23:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600177/puv8iu8rhx94ieks/wish/2383753672 s24600177 https://padlet.com/s24600177/puv8iu8rhx94ieks/wish/2383754051 "Louisa must leave hers. Every morning, rising and going about among her neat maidenly possessions, she felt as one looking her last upon the faces of dear friends. It was true that in a measure she could take them with her, but, robbed of their old environments, they would appear in such new guises that they would almost cease to be themselves" (Freeman 4).]]> 2022-11-14 23:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600177/puv8iu8rhx94ieks/wish/2383754051 s24600177 https://padlet.com/s24600177/puv8iu8rhx94ieks/wish/2383754449 Louisa feels comfort in her seclusion and concentration because the last fourteen years have been so normal for her. Marriage made sense to her because she did not anticipate it happening soon. She was shocked when Joe arrived back from his trip. Just as Louisa was dedicated to keeping Caesar chained to his kennel and lived in fear of change, she was also devoted to her own home. Freeman portrays the difficulty of a woman who has grown accustomed to living alone and feels constrained by her impending marriage in this sweet story. Her attachment to her feminine possessions and way of life causes her to lose all sense of significance when she considers shifting them to a new place where they will be combined with masculine components. Louisa feels the same way, that she will lose her organization and independence (Williams). ]]> 2022-11-14 23:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600177/puv8iu8rhx94ieks/wish/2383754449 s24600177 https://padlet.com/s24600177/puv8iu8rhx94ieks/wish/2383794912 Mary Wilkins Freeman likely had many reasons to write the thought provoking story. The story underscores the ramifications of choice as it relates to being a woman during this time. Louisa must decide between a life she has created for herself that is isolated and somewhat sterile and a married woman's existence. Joe Dagget's arrival from Australia has been anticipated by her for fourteen years. She has unknowingly transformed into a road throughout this period, one that is "smooth perhaps under a peaceful, tranquil sky, but so straight and unswerving that it could only meet a check at her tomb, and so narrow that there was no room for anyone at her side." She will give up a lot of her personal freedom, her quiet lifestyle, and many of her hobbies if she marries Joe. On the other side, the community will disapprove of her for defying tradition if she choose to remain unmarried.]]> 2022-11-15 00:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600177/puv8iu8rhx94ieks/wish/2383794912 s24600177 https://padlet.com/s24600177/puv8iu8rhx94ieks/wish/2383796628 2022-11-15 00:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/s24600177/puv8iu8rhx94ieks/wish/2383796628