"Another night, I dreamed I saw my father sweeping out the barn floor clean, and would not suffer the wheat to be brought in the barn. He appeared to me to be in anger"
- Joanna Southcott
About this Quote
In this quote, the speaker describes a dream they had where they saw their father sweeping the barn floor and declining to enable the wheat to be brought within. The father is depicted as being mad in the dream. This dream could represent the speaker's sensations of being limited or controlled by their father. The act of sweeping might represent the dad attempting to tidy up or control the situation. The rejection to generate the wheat could represent the dad's disapproval or rejection of something important to the speaker. In general, the dream shows the speaker's inner chaos and strained relationship with their daddy.
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