Families" was a very deep touching story written by Alice Munro. It talked about the author’s mother who had gone unconscious on the bathroom floor when her brother‚ Cam‚ was supposed to take care of her due to she was vomiting before. His sister‚ Val‚ which was the author‚ had waited in the hospital hour and hour‚ waiting for the good news from the doctor. Although she didn’t expect her mom would survive. "They haven’t said anything to give me hope‚ Cam. She is dying." (Munro 114). Cam didn’t come to visit
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In Munro’s short story the protagonist grows up on a fox farm with her family‚ she is well aware of the role of the fox’s lives‚ as they are maturing the process of slaughter is the turning point for the foxes lives for their pelts. The maturing of the foxes to become slaughtered‚ link to the idea of a girl maturing to a woman. As the foxes are skinned and their pelts are sold compared to a woman being a “pelt” to the man she marries. “The naked slippery bodies were collected in a sack and buried
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the work that they are doing to support themselves and their family. In the short story “Boys and Girls” written by Alice Munro‚ the female narrator remembers a time when she was an eleven year old girl working on her family farm. She struggled with accepting that she was going to grow up to do “women’s work”‚ so she chose to do the same work as her father and brother‚ to the dismay of her mother. In the short story “Sweat” written by Zora Neale Hurston‚ Delia Jones is an African American washwoman
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1. Since there is only one girl character ( the narrator) and one boy character(the narrator’s younger brother) in “ Boys and Girls ‚” why do you think Alice Munro uses plural words in the title? I think Alice Munro uses plural in the title to show the readers how stereotypical our society was back then when it comes to gender roles. Back then‚ men were preferable by the society when it comes to doing certain tasks. For example‚ back then women were assign the task of child care‚ food preparation
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BOYS AND GIRLS ONLINE ESSAY In the short story “Boys and Girls”‚ Alice Munro portrays the difficulties of the narrator and her brother. Throughout the story‚ the narrator faces inequality of being a different sex compared to her brother Laird and the effect this has on her as she is growing up. The narrator goes through many experiences that she has to understand herself as she is growing up. Alice Munro shows how gender labeling‚ different relationships within the family and the narrator’s innocence
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Montana and Carried Away by Alice Munro “Love is blind‚ but marriage is a real eye opener”-Unknown. The story‚ “Miles City Montana” by Alice Munro‚ shows how a couple can fall out of love after knowing each other for a long period of time. “Carried Away” by Alice Munro on the other hand was a story of how you can fall in love with someone that you do not know at all. What the two stories have in common is a strong relationship between memory and imagination. Both stories are about information that
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The short story‚ “A Red Dress-1946” written by Alice Munro displays how emotions can sometimes take over your actions‚ to whether how you respond to things that affect you physically‚ and mentally. The narrator has a difficult time portraying these actions and venting out her reactions. She lacks self esteem‚ and has troubles appreciating with what she has been provided with. However‚ she slowly overcomes these obstacles and is willing to break out of her comfort zone. Compared to most teens and
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the Munro stories you have studied. Short stories by Alice Munro are ordinary human life stories‚ set in small towns having it relatable to any readers. In her stories‚ Munro uses characterisation techniques to reveal the personalty of her characters. Specifically‚ in each story Munro portrays an unpleasant character in society‚ still handles the readers to understand and sympathise with her characters through her convincing narrative. In the stories‚ “To Reach Japan” and “Gravel” Munro includes
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Alice Munro The Found Boat 1974 At the end of Bell Street‚ McKay Street‚ Mayo Street‚ there was the Flood. It was the Wawanash River‚ which every spring overflowed its banks. Some springs‚ say one in every five‚ it covered the roads on that side of town and washed over the fields‚ creating a shallow choppy take. Light reflected off the water made every- thing bright and cold‚ as it is in a lakeside town‚ and woke or revived in people certain vague hopes of disaster. Mostly during the late afternoon
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Throughout the short story “ Boys and Girls”‚ Alice Munro takes us through a young girl’s journey to break away from the typical life of a woman. Munro suggests that although we would like to define our identity‚ it is society who defines who we are. The short story was based in a time period where men and women were not considered equal. Throughout the story‚ the narrator struggles to accept society’s unwritten rules that are being forced upon her. She would much rather be outdoors doing "ritualistically
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