A Literary Analysis on How I Met My Husband by Alice Munro

I read How I Met My Husband by Alice Munro. This is a short story told in the first-person narrative. The theme of this story is a simple, but good one. The theme is love. Or to put it in broader terms, the theme could be described as while sometimes it may come from heartbreak, fate can bring is to the person we are meant to love forever. When it comes to exploring the point of view of this story, you can ask yourself a few questions. “This story is told in the first person by a teenage girl. What are the strengths and limitations of such a narrator?” (cited in Clugston, 2010, sec. 8.2, para. 203) The second question would be; “Edie makes this statement in the opening of the last section of the story, “I didn’t figure out till years later the extent of what I had been saved from.” What does this statement reveal about the reliability of views she presented in the story, especially about Chris?” I think the fact that this story is told from the point of view of a naïve teenage girl is both a strength and a weakness. If Edie were to tell the story as an adult looking back, she would have her own insights to add to the story. Instead we see a little girl, who is barely 15 years old fall for an older man. He’s not a good man, and he proceeds to break her heart. Nearly every woman can look back at her younger years and think of that man she was head over heels for, who just used her in some way shape or form. Chris was that man for Edie. Chris was basically scum in disguise. He was a creep who ran out on his fiancé at least once, but possible twice. Because this story is told from Edie’s point of view we do not find out what takes place between Chris and Alice Kelling when they go out for the evening, but he obviously was not expecting to see her there, as she referred to chasing after him. Yet, somehow Edie missed this. She still had a crush on the man who thought she was beautiful and she shared a cigarette with. She believes Chris when he says he will