Boys_and_Girls

Boys and Girls Boys and Girls Boys and Girls is a short story written by the Canadian short story writer, Alice Munro in 1968. The story is about a young girl who struggles against society’s ideas of how a girl should be, only to find her trapped in the ways of the world. The story takes place on a farm. The narrator is a woman who is telling in the first point of view of when she was a young girl. Her father was a fox farmer, he was hardworking and she had a great deal of respect for him. She enjoyed working with him. The narrator had problems coming to terms with the role in life that she was expected to lead. By using the first person point of view combined with characterization, the author is able to depict the hardships and successes of passage into adulthood through her portrayal of a young narrator. She was also able to examine the different roles that society has defined for boys and girls. Alice Munro's short story, "Boys and Girls,” has a very interesting detail written into it. The narrator's brother is named Laird, which was carefully chosen by the author. Laird is a laird, father, mother, narrator, time, story, work, about, girls, while, society, men, role, girl, expected, boys, young, women, things, said, roles, place, outside, out, off, house, brother, very, thought, thing, society's, shows, short, parents, male, important, flora, even, doing, come, began, because, author, able, written, working, woman, way, wash, view