Short Stories - "Spelling" And "Differently": Female Relationships
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The analysis of the two short stories "Spelling" and "Differently" written
by Alice Munro deal with female relationships. These relationships paint a
vivid picture of the kinship, deception, challenges, and associations that
affect friends and family as they journey through life.
"Spelling" is ab ....
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.... no affection between the
two. In fact, the tone of the story illustrates a lack of acceptance and
even disappointment by Flo and shows that there has always been a distance
between the two.
The title is derived from a patient Rose met at the nursing home whose only
communication was spelling words. After meeting this patient, Rose dreamed
that Flo was in a cage and spelling words like the old patient she met in
the nursing home. Rose tells Flo about her visit to the nursing home and
is ....
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