# Gender Roles and Expectations in Gullible’s Travels

> Theme guide for Gullible’s Travels by Ring Lardner.

The wife is portrayed as the driving force behind social ambitions and shopping, while the narrator resists spending and complains about her desires, reflecting early 20th-century gender dynamics in marriage.

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