The first forty-eight hours in finding a missing person is crucial. They can be found, or they can be Heather Bell. In Alice Munro’s “Open Secrets,” a group of seven girls and one woman went on a camping trip but returned with one member fewer. Heather Bell like a déjà vu, was present one minute then gone the next, becoming a mere random thought to those who knew her story. What happened? Who took her? With no evidence or lead, the answer is simple: If a girl is missing, the suspect is a man; this is the stereotype presented in “Open Secrets.” It explores society’s one-sided view of criminals due to misconceptions about gender in a man’s world.
In pages 130 and 140, Munro makes it known in point blank terms that a man has to be the cause of
In pages 130 and 140, Munro makes it known in point blank terms that a man has to be the cause of