"Kids will be kids." (Unknown) That is the theme of the story "An Ounce of Cure‚" by Alice Munro. This story starts out with the narrator and her boyfriend breaking-up. She is very sad. Soon after‚ she baby-sits for the Berrymans’. While there‚ she drinks some of their liquor. After a few drinks‚ she begins to throw-up. She calls Joyce‚ her best friend‚ to come over and help her. When Joyce arrives‚ she brought with her some other people that had been with her. Soon‚ Mr. Berryman came home
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Reader Response Paper – Point of View‚ An Ounce of Cure by Alice Munro The short story An Ounce of Cure is narrated in the first person. The author uses foreshadowing in the first two paragraphs. The narrator‚ who is also the unnamed main character‚ paints a picture of herself as stable adult woman briefly describing her families’ view of alcohol consumption and how it was generally frowned upon. I would call the descriptions of her mother in these paragraphs as astute‚ proper‚ and strict. The
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literature in the realization of the narrative theory of identity. One of the superior examples of this relationship between literature and narrative theory of identity is Alice Munro’s “An Ounce of Cure” and the author has been celebrated as making observations on the episodic nature of life through her stories. “An Ounce of Cure” presents an important episodic nature of life through the mid-teenage problems and crises in the life of the main character and the major theme of the story reminds the
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Alice Munro’s short story‚ “An Ounce of Cure‚” pertains to a young teenage girl‚ dealing irrationally with a break up. The setting is in a town‚ where drinking alcohol is almost considered foreign. The narrator’s dad would lightly consume beer on a hot day. As for her mother‚ she did not join in on the occasion. The narrator is a reliable person who babysits around town. The title of reliability soon changes into irresponsibility after she gets heart broken from a boy named‚ Martin Collingwood. She
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AN OUNCE OF CURE Summary In the story “An Ounce of Cure” By Alice Munro‚ the narrator is unnamed and speaks in first person. The story follows the life of a teenage girl going through a “mid-life” teenage crisis. The setting is a very conservative southern town in the 1960’s‚ where it is considered taboo to consume alcohol. Almost nobody consumed alcohol in the teen’s town. The narrator signed an abstinence pledge in the seventh grade. As for her parents‚ her father would drink a beer on a hot
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The first love is hard to get over especially when the love is not reciprocated. Alice Munro’s “An Ounce of Cure” describes a teenager’s reaction to being dumped by her first boyfriend. How the main character handles her problem is the crux of the story. Setting The setting of the story is a small town in the 1960s. This town is conservative and does not promote alcohol. The two primary setting are the main character’s home and the home in which she baby sits—the Berrymans. Narration The narration
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An Ounce of Cure Defined In Alice Munro’s‚ “An Ounce of Cure‚” a typical teenage girl‚ after being dumped by her boyfriend‚ takes drastic actions to forget her emotions and later finds herself face to face with reality. With that feeling of hurt‚ devastation‚ and slight bitterness inside of her‚ she made the decision to get drunk in hopes of forgetting the emotions that suddenly overwhelmed her. Not knowing the outcome of her actions‚ she quickly becomes aware that she had done wrong. She later
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identity. The old saying “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is the possible basis of the author’s title – “An Ounce of Cure “. The title foretells coming events by implying that something emotionally devastating happens. Everyone knows how hard it is to break away from his or her circle of peers. After all‚ nobody wants to be thought of as different or be neglected. Each teenager copes with this time in his or her life in different ways. Alice Munro writes a tongue in cheek
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There comes a time in every person’s life when they reach the point where they are no longer a child‚ but an adult. “coming of age” is not something that usually happens in one exact moment but a gradual experience. In Alice Munro’s “An Ounce of Cure”‚ the narrator recalls her past as a teenager. During these years‚ she experiences heart-wrenching situations that no one her age should ever have to experience. Though‚ this leads to her “crossing the bridge of innocence”. Although “coming of age” is
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Alice Munro’s collection of short stories in Open Secrets is one example of her focus on women‚ ordinary women‚ and the lives they experience and lead. Her stories present us with characters that think‚ feel‚ and develop in normal‚ as well as abnormal‚ situations. In the following discussion we focus on two of her short stories from Open Secrets‚ and confer the characters and their development. The stories chosen for examination are "Open Secrets" and "Vandals." Each of them will be discussed individually
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