Three Thanksgivings | Themes
Self-Sufficiency
Mrs. Morrison’s goal in the story is to reach self-sufficiency so that she can keep her beloved house without having to marry Mr. Butts. For a widowed woman with little money in the early twentieth century, this was a difficult task. Men had a better chance for economic survival, even if they started out poor like Mr. Butts. In addition, most men assumed that a woman, especially a fifty-yearold woman like Mrs. Morrison, would have a hard time surviving on her own. Says Mr. Butts, ‘‘But you can’t, I tell you. I’d like to know what a woman of your...
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