JUST A GIRL Society is often responsible for shaping individuals using rules and boundaries that deter its people's deviance. In her short story, "Boys and Girls," Alice Munro illustrates a young girl's battle against conformity while living in the 1940's on a Canadian Fox Farm. Because she was living in a time period still centered on male dominance, her longing to become a powerful woman wasted away when she obeyed the rules society embedded in …showed first 75 words of 2462 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2462 total…position in society is influenced by her family and setting. Her resistance was deemed as futile because she had no choice but to conform into a "girl". She had to hide her longing for individualism in order to be someone who was socially acceptable. WORKS CITED "Flora." Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia. 2000 ed. Munro, Alice. "Boys and Girls." Literature and the Writing Process. 6th ed. Ed. McMahan, Elizabeth, et al. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003. 334-343.