The Friday Everything Changed By Anne Hart

In the short story, The Friday Everything Changed by Anne Hart, it connects to the theme of the outsider in society by having the girls in the story being the outsiders. For example, when Alma asks “Why can’t girls go for the water, too?” (16), this shows that the girls don’t have the same privileges as the boys and are not treated equally. This quote is very important to the theme because it is the real turning point in the story as it displays how girls are fighting for a change from them being considered the outsiders (not having privileges to do as much as the boys can). In addition, the role for the job of the water carrier was described as “...a boy” who was “...big and strong” (15). This job excludes girls despite the fact girls can