Boys and Girls Theme In her story‚ Boys and Girls‚ Alice Munro depicts the hardships and successes of the rite of passage into adulthood through her portrayal of a young narrator and her brother. Through the narrator‚ the subject of the profound unfairness of sex-role stereotyping‚ and the effect this has on the rites of passage into adulthood is presented. The protagonist in Munro’s story‚ unidentified by a name‚ goes through an extreme and radical initiation into adulthood‚ similar to that of
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The first time I took a step into the Boys and Girls club room during my sophomore year‚ all I saw was a vast amount of people working on school assignments‚ I was very scared to come inside because I had a fear that I was going to be judge based on my religion and my cultural identity‚ which are qualities that have always been important to me. When I first came in I sat down with my friend Carla and we were working on a math assignment‚ The club was situated in the library that day‚ it wasn’t loud
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Only a girl? “Boys and Girls” is a short story written by Alice Monroe‚ this is a story about a young girl’s resistance to womanhood in a society infested with gender roles and stereotypes. Munro makes the point that gender stereotyping‚ relationships‚ and a loss of innocence play an important‚ and often controversial role in the growing and passing into adulthood. This story takes place in the 1940s on a fox farm outside of Jubilee. During this time‚ women are viewed as second class citizens‚ but
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Boys or Girls: We are all Equal Characters: Sarah: the victim Henry: the bully Sarah: ally Billy: Bystander Mr. Snodgrass: Guidance counselor Time: A school day‚ 1978 Setting: Alaska Gateway school‚ where boys thought that girls were an inconsequential part of society. Although the boys didn’t treat the girls as badly as Henry treated Sarah. After curtain: (Henry‚ wearing his extravagant cloth and his overpriced items‚ enters the class‚ squandering his money‚ followed by Sarah‚ wearing poor-quality
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The Boys and Girls Club is a national organization that has devoted all of its years to helping underprivileged kids achieve their full potentials. The mission to help these children isn’t a simple one on its own‚ and cannot be titled as a single movement. The Boys and Girls Club operates for the purpose of accomplishing the goals of many movements all together. Helping children is a general concept that many people are interested in. In order to succeed in helping children‚ one must work under the
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“It Was Only a Girl” “It was only a girl” is a statement that previously was accepted in society. With views shifting in society‚ the distinction between gender and sex widens‚ and the political correctness of such statements are considered sexist. The emphasis on the liberty to choose one’s own gender is quite relevant in the 21st century; however‚ the message in the short story “Boys and Girls” (1968) by Alice Munro provides readers with the impression that gender is a biologically predetermined
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(Benjamin Franklin). But what about the women who work? Working women may be happy too‚ but it depends on 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
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Being a girl trying to experience childhood‚ the girl in "Boys and Girls" was very restricted in finding out who she is‚ because of her dad’s expectations. Perhaps because of the way he was raised‚ he made judgments on her before she had even done anything wrong (or ’girly’‚ in his eyes). Before the day she let the horse out‚ her father seemed to be waiting for the day when she would slip. It was as if he expected her to let the horse out before it even happened. He categorized her as a foolish‚
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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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The story‚ “Boys and Girls”‚ by Alice Munro illustrates the narrator and protagonist character‚ a nameless little girl‚ as a round character‚ with traits such as her endurable strength against the hardships and inequality in her own society. Thus‚ we are shown her firm views toward life‚ her rather contrasting views toward her own family members‚ and the significance of her hopes and dreams. Unlike other young girls‚ Munro’s protagonist had rather obstinate views toward life. Having grown up in
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