Patrick Silva AP Lit Period 4 Mr. Schmitz October 11‚ 2012 How I Met My Husband Thesis Paper The theme of Alice Munro’s story “How I met my Husband” is Social expectations mold individual circumstances. Edie‚ a fifteen year old housemaid in the lower class of society has qualities and talents that demonstrate a skill set of aristocracy. "Have a house without pie‚ be ashamed until you die" is a quoted statement that Edie ’s mother used to say to her that Mrs. Peebles was not very familiar
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“How I Met My Husband” 1. The plot structure in this story is chronological order. The arrangement of the plot elements it’s effective because its tells us exactly what the title is‚ how Edie met her husband. My expectations as a reader are overturned when she marries the mailman. Throughout the whole story I thought she would marry the pilot‚ like every other love story. After waiting some time the love of their life comes back and marries them. Instead she while waiting for the pilot she
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In the short story How I Met My Husband by author Alice Munro‚ the setting takes place in a small country town around the end of WWII. It is easy to tell that Edie feels a little out of place in the Peebles’ house since they are new to the country and are more wealthy than Edie’s family. When Edie was describing her job she says‚ “Mrs. Peebles had an automatic washer and dryer‚ the first I ever saw‚” (Munro 220). This quote shows how not many people were able to afford luxuries like modern day conveniences
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off is CBS’ How I Met Your Mother. The idea of telling your kids the day you met your wife (their mother) may sound like a boring story and a horrible show plot. Writers found the right formula to mix romance‚ sex‚ relationships‚ and comedy all in one to create this hit show. In this analysis I will break down what the show is made of from the obvious visual to the more in-depth hidden values and messages that are coded within the show. This show came to my presences while I was on a plane and
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Ain’t I a Woman? Sojourner Truth gave her famous "Ain’t I a Woman?" speech at the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention in Akron‚ Ohio. (The women’s rights movement grew in large part out of the anti-slavery movement.) No formal record of the speech exists‚ but Frances Gage‚ an abolitionist and president of the Convention‚ recounted Truth’s words. There is debate about the accuracy of this account because Gage did not record the account until 1863 and her record differs somewhat from newspaper accounts
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_I Wish I Never Met Him_ Two years ago‚ I met this guy online. He lived really close to me and we talked one night for a couple hours. He seemed like a really nice guy‚ but he wanted me to go to his house right off the bat‚ so I lost contact with him. Well‚ fast-forward to about seven months ago and I found him on facebook‚ so I added him as a friend. At first‚ I was just wanting to be his friend‚ but we started talking online‚ then he started talking about sex‚ then he started talking about wanting
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Akancha Thakur Instructor: Joe Bueter English 015.082 September 8‚ 2013 Final Draft “Ain’t I a Woman”? In the year 1851 in the town Akron‚ Ohio a woman delivered a speech at a women’s convention that would be forever remembered for its greatness‚ genuine and powerful message. In the speech Sojourner Truth talked about her experiences not only about being a women but being a black woman in that society. In the speech she uses her personal experiences to connect with her audience and provoke
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2015 A man‚ a woman‚ just friends? Yes. Different cultures hold different perspectives toward a relationship between a man and a woman. Some people say that a woman and a man cannot be plainly friends; however‚ others do believe in the existence of such relationship. In the article written by William Deresiewicz‚ “A man‚ a woman‚ just friends‚” some opinions root out in the support of one idea. In the article‚ William Deresiewicz uses an example of a movie known as When Harry Met Sally to explain
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"HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: ENDING ON CONTROVERSY" The CBS television series‚ "HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER" (2005-2014)‚ ended its nine season run on March 31‚ 2014. Television audiences usually greet television finales either with great satisfaction or with equal contempt. Instead of one or the other‚ the television series created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas proved to be not only divisive‚ but also controversial. And romance for the series’ main character‚ Ted Mosby‚ ended up being the center of that
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Alice Munro published “How I Met My Husband” in her book Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You (1974). Told from the first-person point of view‚ the story layers the voice of the fifteen-year-old Edie‚ working as a “hired girl” in the house of the comparatively wealthy Peebles family‚ with that of the adult Edie‚ now happily married and wiser than she was as a teenager. Edie’s voice is colloquial and friendly‚ keenly aware of its audience. In this way‚ the story celebrates the art of storytelling
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