Curiously, Freeman gives the yearning to free the canine from its chain to Joe, not Louisa. In the story, Dagget claimed, “’There ain’t no better-natured dog in town and it’s down-right cruel to keep him tied up there. Some day I’m going to take him out’” (Freeman, pg. 11). The thought of Caesar leaving the soltitude of his hut scares Louisa so much that she rejects Joe’s offer. Louisa trusts that the puppy may go out of control once it is unchained. This shows Louisa's apprehension of progress and moving into Joe's home. She seems to be skeptical to live with Joe based on the grounds that she already had everything in her own home and everything is precisely the way she likes it. Moving into his home would be too huge of a move and she is
