boys and girls
Title: boys and girls
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boys and girls
In her story, "Boys and Girls," Alice Munro depicts the hardships and successes of the rite
of passage into adulthood through her portrayal of a young narrator and her brother.
Through the narrator, the subject of the profound unfairness of sex-role stereotyping, and
the effect this has on the rites of passage into adulthood is presented. The protagonist in
Munro's story, unidentified by a name, goes through an extreme and radical initiation into
adulthood, similar …
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comes to realise that she is expected, like the women before her, to adopt the gender
stereotype which comes with her growing and passing into adult hood. Similarly, her
younger brother, Laird, is also initiated, but into man-hood, something he yearns for. In
conclusion, Munro's story illustrates the struggles between the dreams and reality of the
rite of passage and initiation, based on gender stereotypes society has placed on men and
women.
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