A Change in Time

In life, one will face many crucial situations and decisions that can be life-changing, for better or worse. The outcomes and choices one makes in these critical situations will have a direct affect on one’s personal growth and the direction one’s life will take. One important example of these important choices is the development from childhood immaturity to the rationality of an adult, which is exemplified in Alice Munro’s An Ounce Of Cure, a modern-day short story about an adolescent girl’s choices and consequences in a new and somewhat frightening situation, and how her reaction to this new situation affects her life. Despite the fact that these new and often unexpected situations may be painful and difficult to deal with, and often do not change one’s life for the better, each time an individual faces a new situation or decision in which they must step beyond their comfort zones in order to make a choice, they will learn something about themselves, and as a result, the in...