Boys And Girls By Alice Munro Summary

When one's happiness is compromised by giving up the pursuit of a better prospect not to risk hurting the people we love. Alice Munro's "Boys and Girls," the narration of the story are done by an eleven year old girl who leaves childhood behind therefore realizing that to be a "girl" is to eventually be a woman. Thus, becoming a "girl" on her way to womanhood is a time filled with difficulties for the young protagonist because she senses that women are considered socially inferior by men. The young girl finds struggles through growing up in an era where gender roles are strict. As result proves that her resistance is useless by attempting to resist her parents and grandparents as they mould her in the likes, behaviour, habits and work of women. Women during this era were viewed to have only for the sole purpose of childbearing. The persistent narrator would much rather take the role of a man who would be more important in life than that of a females. The fact that she thinks, behaves, and dreams like a boy would, and nearly everyone in her life, including her father, forcing her to see that she is a girl, and consciously knowing that this is the life that she will live with. However, since the narrator is female, the society expects her to behave in a way that is acceptable and …show more content…
She clearly recognizes that instead of refusing her identity, she must take charge of her life and make peace with the clear understanding that her journey onto life has just begun. Therefore, no matter what she hopes for, or believing in what her life and future should be like, her future has been defined for her. Finally, she comes to a realization that who she is and what she is meant to be are two completely different things. Her path is set, and in doing so, keeping dreams alive with a promise of a brand new