Free
The story Free revolves around an architect in New York City, Rufus Haymaker, a man from a simple background in the Midwest, who remains married to his wife he doesn’t love out of duty and convention to social norms. In learning more about Dreiser himself, it almost reads as if he’s writing about the man he’s glad he never was.
“Free” not only uses the word free repeatedly, it also endlessly chews on a man in his 60s, contemplating his deep regret of staying married, his dislike of his dying wife, his desire for her to die so he can be “free”, his delusions of what that freedom will look like at 60. Some readers might find all the repetition tedious.
However, the subtle differences of his mental machinations, as he goes over and over all of his regrets and dislikes of his dying wife are example of good writing style. It’s in a simple way, about a life, a long, rich life- career, family, marriage.
Adapted from Drieserworks blog
Adapted from Drieserworks blog
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