In Boys and Girls by Alice Monroe, the eldest daughter is the narrator grows up in Canadian town where she faces gender inequality in society and in her own family. Women traditionally are regarded as housewives who work inside the house but the narrator rebels social norms when she works outside with her father. The central theme of the story is gender inequality and how the narrator faces gender inequality in society and in her own family. By looking at how the narrator represents a good majority of women oppressed by society, how the opposition to the narrator represents the majority group, how the narrator faces oppression in her own family and if there is resolution to the conflict, it will give a more in-depth glance into the life of
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After the narrator and Laird witness Mack getting shot, she remembers the time when Laird was little and how she brought him into the barn and told him to climb the ladder to the top beam. After Laird does so the narrator screams “Laird’s up on the top beam!” to which the father and mother come and then the mother says “Why weren’t you watching him”. The narrator knew that her brother would listen and obey her so she told her brother to climb the ladder to get him in trouble. Little did she know that, she would be the one that got in trouble. Her getting in trouble shows how much her father and mother think more highly of her brother than her. Males in society have always been viewed more highly of then females, so its no surprise than the narrators parents would do the …show more content…
The narrator while doing chores overhears the mother talking to the fire wants the narrator to stop working outside the house and work inside specifically saying “And then i can use her more in the house” “I just get my back turned and she runs off. Its not like i had a girl in the family at all” In this case the mother represents society and how the way it views and expects the narrator to act which is also the mother views as well. Both view the narrator as being the traditional women who works inside the house which is what the narrator doesn’t want to do. The narrator feels betrayed by her mother when she says all this. Also when the mother said “Its not like i had a girl in the family
After the narrator and Laird witness Mack getting shot, she remembers the time when Laird was little and how she brought him into the barn and told him to climb the ladder to the top beam. After Laird does so the narrator screams “Laird’s up on the top beam!” to which the father and mother come and then the mother says “Why weren’t you watching him”. The narrator knew that her brother would listen and obey her so she told her brother to climb the ladder to get him in trouble. Little did she know that, she would be the one that got in trouble. Her getting in trouble shows how much her father and mother think more highly of her brother than her. Males in society have always been viewed more highly of then females, so its no surprise than the narrators parents would do the …show more content…
The narrator while doing chores overhears the mother talking to the fire wants the narrator to stop working outside the house and work inside specifically saying “And then i can use her more in the house” “I just get my back turned and she runs off. Its not like i had a girl in the family at all” In this case the mother represents society and how the way it views and expects the narrator to act which is also the mother views as well. Both view the narrator as being the traditional women who works inside the house which is what the narrator doesn’t want to do. The narrator feels betrayed by her mother when she says all this. Also when the mother said “Its not like i had a girl in the family