Alice Munro Research Paper

Alice Munro, originally Alice Laidlaw, was born on July 10th 1931, in Ontario, Canada. As a child Munro found an escape in books when her schoolteacher mother was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, Alice was ten years old at the time. (“Top 10 Things To Know about Alice Munro.”) And as a child she made up her own endings to stories like the Little Mermaid. She thought it was unfair how the Ariel to choose between the prince and her family. So she created her own ending. ("Alice Munro." Bio.com.)

Alice Munro won a scholarship to study journalism at the University of Western Ontario but to support herself in areas that the scholarship didn’t cover by selling her blood and picking suckers from tobacco, among other jobs. (“Top 10 Things To Know about Alice Munro.”) After about two years of college she left to marry her husband, James Munro, who was also a student at the university, and opened a bookstore called “Munro Books” in Victoria. ("Alice Munro Biography.") She became a short story writer and went on to publish 13 short story collections by her …show more content…
Munro ends it with the girl saying “I didn't protest that, even in my heart. Maybe it was true.” Munro captures the attitudes towards the female gender at the time where men and women weren’t considered equals and the struggles that this girl faced growing up. Although I believe Munro’s work is still appreciated and valued because we can still connect with struggles of gender roles. I remember many moments I was discriminated and limited by the words “You’re a girl” As we grow up that is what we are constantly labeled as and it’s unfair because its considered as a insult. For example, “you throw like a girl” I believe everyone that is a female has probably heard this either once or twice. But why is the word “girl “ considered a bad thing. Alice Munro work still connects with today’s people and their emotions. This is what makes her such a powerful