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Essay Archive - Alice Munro's "Boys and Girls"
Alice Munro's "Boys and Girls"
Alice Munro's short story, "Boys and Girls," has a very interesting
detail written into it. The narrator's brother is named Laird, which was
carefully chosen by the author. Laird is a synonym for lord, which plays a
important role in a story where a young girl has society's unwritten rules
forced upon her. At the time of the story, society did not consider men and
women equal. The name symbolized how the male child was superior in the
parents eyes and in general. Along with that, the name also symbolizes the
difference between the....
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