BOYS AND GIRLS

In most parts of the world today, freedom is something you have

when you move-out on your own; however, in other areas freedom is out of

reach and even unknown. In Alice Monro's short story, "Boys and Girls", a

girl lives a 'different' life on a farm with her family. Between being forced to

work in the kitchen with her mother and wanting to work on the field with her

father, she yearns for freedom without even knowing it. Alice Monro uses

symbols- through the foxes and horses- to portray the narrator's inner-self,

for sometimes symbolism speakes louder than words.

Although we sometimes may not like to speak of it, every person has

strengths and weaknesses. In this short story, the narrator's stren...