Dreams of "How I Met My Husband".

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Dreams of “How I Met My Husband”

Dreams seem to be a part of everyday life.  People wish to be someone better than themselves or wish for something that is out of their reach or beyond their control.  A hired girl dreaming of the life of her employer is a perfectly normal thing.  And that same girl dreaming of a love is just as normal.  However, in reality of the situation, these things are not true.  Whether it is a dream of love or a dream of life, it is still a dream.

Working for the Peebles’ was almost like living in a dream, a new life.  Edie could bathe more often once she moved in with the Peebles’.  “I had a bath in there once a week.  They wouldn’t have minded if I took one oftener…” (para 27).  The Peebles’ also owned a washing machine.  This was something new to Edie.  “Mrs. Peebles had an automatic washer and dryer, the first I ever saw” (para 24).  She was used to having to wring out her clothes and hang them up.  These are two things that she could have dreamed about and now has the opportunity to experience them in real life.  Living in a place where new technology is available is like a dream come true for Edie.  

One job Edie has is to clean the Peebles’ house.  She goes through Mrs. Peebles’ closet, looking at all the clothes hanging there.  One of Edie’s fantasies occurs while doing this.  Edie was going through Mrs. Peebles’ clothes and noticed a dress hanging near the back of the closet that she had never seen Mrs. Peebles wear.  

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Now I took note of where it hung and lifted it out.  It was satin, a lovely weight on my arm, light bluish-green in color, almost silvery.  It had a fitted, pointed waist and a full skirt and an off-the-shoulder fold hiding the little sleeves (para 29).

Edie does not stop with trying on the dress.  She continues to beautify herself.  She pinned up her hair and applied some make-up.  She was dressing as if she was of a wealthy family, something that was not true at all.  She was trying to imagine what it would be like.

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