In the story “Boys and Girls” the narrator tells us how she would like to have more excitement in her life. Since her mother did boring work in the house, she did not wan to be like her mother, or a girl like her mother was. The narrator wanted to be like her father who was a boy and was inventive and did exciting work. The narrator continually resists every ones efforts to try and …showed first 75 words of 608 total…

…showed last 75 words of 608 total…This resistance of acting like a man, rebellious actions, etc., lead her to realize that it is not what a girl is that she doesn’t want to be. It means that she does not want to be like her mother and never have any fun. Her resistance leads her to become an individual, which just happens also to be a girl. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Bibliography Munro, Alice, “Boys and Girls,”Wascana Poetry Anthology Regina:CPRC, 1996, 326