But he slowly comes to see the advantages of the freedom they enjoy, especially in comparison to the stuffiness of Victorian England. According to Ezequiel Martínez Estrada, who is quoted by Borges, the final pages of the novel contain "the supreme justification of America compared with Western civilisation." Hudson writes:I cannot believe that if this country had been conquered and recolonised by England, and all that is crooked in it made straight according to our notions, my intercourse with the people would have had the wild, delightful flavour I have found in it.
The narrator comes to appreciate the advantages of freedom in America compared to the strictness of Victorian England. According to Ezequiel Martínez Estrada, as quoted by Borges, the novel's conclusion provides a strong argument for America's superiority over Western civilization. Hudson writes that he believes his experience with Americans would have been different if England had conquered and reformed them.