I have the same question and I read the story, Devon is grumpy because he misses his old house.
Alicia is friendly because she already lived there and then she showed Devon the best parts about the prairie. So he learned to appreciate a new place.
In "The Soul Selects her own Society", Dickinson's childhood can be categorized as (A) exclusionary.
The narrator speaks about only letting one individual into her soul and shutting out everybody else. She points out that she won't even let in the loftiest individuals if it does not suit her.
