Jason Currie considered Bram Shipley to be such an unsuitable husband for his daughter because Bram was unsuccessful both as a farmer as well as a man in his life. There are many other reasons due to which Mr. Currie considered Bram as unsuitable for Hagar. Mr. Currie described him as being “as common as dirt”(p.47) and did not think that he could be described as a successful man. Another Reason Mr. Currie disliked …showed first 75 words of 292 total…

…showed last 75 words of 292 total…switch to breeding saddle horses, because he was “crazy about horses”. His point of view was typical; “Let somebody else cash in… I got enough to buy what I want”([p.83). Hagar married Bram in a spirit of a stubborn pride and independence. She only entered this marriage expecting of changing him into the man of her dreams, and intentionally denied him that love and sharing which might have made him less disloyal and hopeless.