In "A New England Nun," compare Louisa Ellis and Lily Dyer. She is the better match for Joe with her sensibility and courage. LitCharts Teacher Editions. Luxuriant clumps of bushes grew beside the wall, and treeswild cherry and old apple treesat intervals. She alone is able to improvise an ending other than the inevitable conclusion the others see and a life for herself other than the one prescribed by her community. Now she quilted her needle carefully into her work, which she folded precisely, and laid in a basket with her thimble and thread and scissors. A better match for, Joe, Lily is full of life and vitality and just as goodnatured and practical as he is. A New England Nun dramatizes change in Louisa Ellis. 845-50. PDFs of modern translations of every Shakespeare play and poem. She sat there some time. The romantic approach of the earlier generation of writers, represented by Hawthorne, Melville and Poe, gave way to a new realism. Because each style has its own formatting nuances that evolve over time and not all information is available for every reference entry or article, Encyclopedia.com cannot guarantee each citation it generates. "No, Joe Dagget," said she, "I'll never marry any other man as long as I live. "A New England Nun" falls within the genre of local color. A New England Nun A New England Nun (I) Summary and Analysis But there was small chance of such foolish comfort in the future. Fifteen years ago she had been in love with him -- at least she considered herself to be. Find related themes, quotes, symbols, characters, and more. Local Color Fiction; Short Story; Literary Realism. Outside her window, the summer air is filled with the sounds of the busy harvest of men and birds and bees from which she has apparently cut herself off; yet inside, Louisa sat, prayfully numbering her days, like an uncloistered nun. Freemans choice of concluding image that Louisa is both nun-like in her solitude yet uncloistered by her decision not to marry Joe Daggetdocuments the authors perception that in marriage Louisa would have sacrificed more than she would have gained. Therefore, that information is unavailable for most Encyclopedia.com content.