The story that I enjoyed the most is “Boys and Girls” written by Alice Munro. “Boys and Girls” tells the story of a young girl’s transition from childhood to becoming a woman. The story takes place in the 1940s, in Canada and reveals the societal and gender conflicts of that time. The protagonist is a young girl who grows up on a fox farm with her family, which is made up of her mother, father, and little brother Laird. As the story develops, the girl describes her life on the farm, characterized by gender roles and the struggle to find her own identity.
One of the first things that caught my attention is that the narrator of the story, the young girl is left with no name while her brother’s name, Laird is carefully chosen by the author as a synonym for lord. This symbol plays an important role in the story as it shows the inequality between genders and represents the superiority of men towards women. Along with that, the girl does not have a name because she is seen as someone without an identity and any power of her own.
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The protagonist is a young girl who is going through a transition period in her life and the experiences that she goes through help her to shape and change the views on gender. When the story opens up, the author introduces us to an innocent girl who wants to be independent and to do men’s work in the farm, rather than being a housewife. In the end, she is forced to accept the rules set for her and be a traditional girl, just like her mother.
In conclusion, I really loved “Boys and Girls” for the way that characters are created, the symbols used, the style and technique of writing and especially for the relevance of the main theme that still represents a reality of nowadays, despite the passage of time. Even though there are efforts made to minimize it, prejudice and discrimination against women still exist
One of the first things that caught my attention is that the narrator of the story, the young girl is left with no name while her brother’s name, Laird is carefully chosen by the author as a synonym for lord. This symbol plays an important role in the story as it shows the inequality between genders and represents the superiority of men towards women. Along with that, the girl does not have a name because she is seen as someone without an identity and any power of her own.
What I really liked about …show more content…
The protagonist is a young girl who is going through a transition period in her life and the experiences that she goes through help her to shape and change the views on gender. When the story opens up, the author introduces us to an innocent girl who wants to be independent and to do men’s work in the farm, rather than being a housewife. In the end, she is forced to accept the rules set for her and be a traditional girl, just like her mother.
In conclusion, I really loved “Boys and Girls” for the way that characters are created, the symbols used, the style and technique of writing and especially for the relevance of the main theme that still represents a reality of nowadays, despite the passage of time. Even though there are efforts made to minimize it, prejudice and discrimination against women still exist