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“ A woman’ job is to keep her man happy.” This has been the societal expectation for girls or women rather, for centuries. If a marriage fails, the first concern is, did the wife satisfy her man in their marriage. Boys are expected to be the providers, while girls are to stay at home and keep her mister happy and satisfied as for as he is the one sustaining for their needs. A. Munro used “Boys and Girls” to convey the idea that males are prominent to females in the society because it exhibits the

stability of marriage. How is your understanding of this relationship impacted by the status of women in pastoral societies? Societies that observe bride wealth usually also have stable marriages with little to no incidences of divorce(Nowak, B., & Laird, P. 2010). This is due mostly to the fact that in the occurrence of a divorce, distributing the wealth would be difficult because it is mostly livestock. The responsibility of the wife is to help tend to the livestock as well as household chores

He actually skins the foxes in the basement of the house where she lives.  The smell of the "pelting process . . . penetrated all parts of the house."  The reader finds the whole process and the fact that she watches this process with her brother, Laird, repulsive at first, but she describes the process as "reassuringly seasonal, like the smell of oranges and pine needles."  These things are normal for her, yet in the following passage there is an under current that her father's business is upsetting

The Occurrence and Lasting Impact of Early Childhood Attachment Trauma Occurrence of early childhood attachment trauma As mentioned during the literature review section, it appears that researchers acknowledge a diverse range of early traumatic events that have a longitudinal impact on a child’s development. This section will primarily focus on what characteristics each researcher uses to conceptualize early attachment. Here, researchers acknowledge how they define early childhood trauma and its

Symbolism of the Munro’s “Boys and Girls” The short story Boys and Girls was written by Canadian writer Alice Munro in the 60s. It looks inside the family of a fox-breeder with two children: an unnamed girl and her brother Laird. The girl is narrator of this story. The work showed a typical life of a breeder – the man looked after foxes, but treated them only a source of a good fur. The girl wanted to be closer to her father in spite of fact she was afraid of him a little and did not know what he

the roles that are expected by her peers of a young women in the 1940’s. This young girl has been helping her father on the fox farm for many years in which brought so much of a joy in her life. As she gets older, as well and as her younger brother Laird grows older, she is starting to realize that her younger brother will be soon be taking over the roles and responsibility of taking care of the animals. Then her mother and grandmother points out the anticipations of her to start acting more like how

“Boys and Girls,” a short story by Alice Munro, tells the coming-of-age story of a young girl who wants to live a somewhat traditionally “masculine” life on her family's farm. As the story quickly progresses, societal roles pushed on the girl by her parents and brother attempt to make the girl fit into a more “feminine” role. While the story lays out a seemingly superficial meaning of changes experienced while growing up, a closer look into the details brings out a story that exposes a view on the

Raitt in conjunction with Aragay’s and Gemrna’s claim agrees that adjustments, improvements, and changes from the source material to the adaptation must be mandatory in comparison to when the timeline the adaptation is set as well as its publication date to remain refreshing and contemporary in its material. Once again Raitt makes a use of the film Bridget Jones Diary by focusing on its transition from Regency era context to a more relatable twentieth- century cultural context as well as relying

The narrator’s brother, Laird, after witnessing the death of Mack, slides into the masculine role as his father’s helper. Initially, the narrator desired and coveted that role from her brother, however; Laird is the one chosen to capture and kill Flora, which he does successfully. Due to this, Laird becomes one with the patriarchy. For example, in a moment of triumph, “Laird lifted his arm to show off a streak of blood. We shot old Flora, he said,

The only other dynamic character is Laird, her little brother. At the beginning of the story he is very young and obeys his big sister, no matter what she tells him to do; at the end, he too has grown up somewhat and no longer accepts her authority unquestioningly. He puts an end to their bedtime singing ceremony when he tells her, "You sound silly," and tells on her when she lets the horse escape. Laird is the only character beside Henry Bailey that is given a name. His