Hagar Shipley’s life on the prairie in Margaret Laurence’s *The Stone Angel* profoundly shapes her temperament of “order and disorder.” The harsh prairie environment, marked by physical hardship, isolation, unpredictable weather, and the demands of survival, becomes an important force in the formation of Hagar’s personality. Her desire for order develops as a response to the disorder and uncertainty surrounding her, while her emotional life repeatedly reveals the disorder that lies beneath her controlled exterior. Hagar grows up in Manawaka, a prairie community where life is governed by hard work, social expectations, and practical necessities. Her father, Jason Currie, is a strict and ambitious storekeeper who values discipline, respectability, and material success. From him, Hagar inherits a strong desire for control and order. She learns to suppress vulnerability and to judge herself and others according to standards of strength, dignity, and self-control. The prairie setting