... of his business. Leonce's cold and unaffectionate attitude toward his wife is seen when Edna informs him by letter that she is moving out of the mansion and into the "pigeon-house." He is so worried that his business will suffer if Edna leaves the house, that Leonce "immediately wrote a letter of unqualified disapproval and remonstrance." (Chopin, 88) Leonce is not ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... to relate the caged bird in the beginning of the novel to Edna's moving out, as if she is escaping from society's cage. The fact that it is called the "pigeon house" is no coincidence. Here, she is free from the unpleasant obligatoins she faces toward her husband and her children. At this point, Leonce once again proves that his place ... ...

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