Could her life have been better without Bing? She wondered.
But she only wondered. Being extremely indecisive, she was incapable of considering the possibility of independence. Being afraid of change, she couldn’t even imagine what her life would be like without Bing. Being orthodox, she felt completely unable to come to any judgement about her life at all. All that she could do was follow, follow, follow. Follow her mother. Follow her husband. Follow a traditional life. Again and again, her fate was absolutely framed by this servile attitude: Marry a chicken, follow the chicken. Marry a dog, follow the dog.