Alice Munro's "Boys And Girls"
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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 synonym for lord,
which plays a important role in a story where a young girl has society's
unwritten rules forc ....
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.... it was to do something - hang out the
wash or dig potatoes in the garden. She looked out of place, with her bare
lumpy legs, not touched by the sun, her apron still on and damp across the
stomach from the supper dishes.1
The narrator had problems coming to terms with the role in life
that she was expected to lead. She wanted to work outside with her father
doing the work that she deemed important. The mother tried to get the
narrator to work inside doing work deemed appropriate for ....
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