Suggest that Doctor Reefy pulling the tooth of another patient. sensed that the doctor was the enemy of bestial lust — symbolized by the image of teeth compares the doctor to the gnarled apples left on the trees by those who pick fruit to ship to the city. The wife was "like one who had discovered the sweetness of the twisted apples, [and] she could not get her mind fixed again upon the round perfect fruit that is eaten in the city apartments."
Freedom is a mental state that we can choose to have in any given situation. We always have the option of "being" free. Never once did I point the finger or feel as though I didn't have a choice in those moments of apparent hopelessness.