Day Of The Butterfly, By Alice Munro

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Reading the literature written by people from different countries or cultures teach us many things. This is much so because the people around us and in other parts of the world can help us understand ourselves by taking the time to know them and accepting them the way they are .We don’t take notice until someone else points it out to us like in the story “Day of the Butterfly” by Alice Munro. This author is from Canada and in her selection shows that were are not any different, we think about life the same and we all cope with what Society throws at us. Bullies are found everywhere, and society judges you and pegs you by class whether you’re poor or dress different.
On page 35, Helen says.” We had not paid much attention to Myra before this.

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