How I Met My Husband Character Analysis

Edie’s Character Analysis in How I Met My Husband How I Met My Husband is a short story written by Alice Munro. The protagonist, Edie is seen to be from a humble background and works at Mrs. Peebles house. Mrs. Peebles’ house or rather home is well-established as there is a profoundly stable economic and financial background. Edie continues to tell her story as a romantic teenager but as a middle-aged woman by the name Mrs. Carmichael. A story of Edie’s teenage life is showcased but as a grown woman, it is evidenced that she judges her behavior while in the youth. She so does by instilling some maturity scope in guiding what she did in her teenage years. A theme of living an especially pleasant lifestyle is evident in this context. This paper analyzes Edie’s character through the narrative How I Met My Husband. Edie is adventurous. Life offers many choices especially to people in their youth. While doing her usual chores at Peeble’s house, Edie hears a plane land but thinks it might have crashed. Edie leads here self out of the house to witness the scenario and finds the case is different. It was …show more content…
Although many people say or rather a general saying that love is blind, relationships are mostly bound by social classes where backgrounds and the status of a person are considered. Edie was simply a hired girl who expected much from a pilot. Although Edie was intelligent as will be seen later in this context, she failed in her high school education. That places her in a less educated social class and is further downtrodden by the fact she is from a poor background. On the other hand, pilots are well known to be of a higher social class and are educated and highly trained. The author involves Chris in the romance fiction where he promises to be there for Edie. Further still, Chris, social class is of the well-established and educated as he is a friend to the Peebles, who have Dr. Peeble. That shows an ambitious character in