Patrick Silva AP Lit Period 4 Mr. Schmitz October 11‚ 2012 How I Met My Husband Thesis Paper The theme of Alice Munro’s story “How I met my Husband” is Social expectations mold individual circumstances. Edie‚ a fifteen year old housemaid in the lower class of society has qualities and talents that demonstrate a skill set of aristocracy. "Have a house without pie‚ be ashamed until you die" is a quoted statement that Edie ’s mother used to say to her that Mrs. Peebles was not very familiar
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write and marries the mailman‚ who believes that she waited by the mailbox for him every day‚ although Edie never tells him that she had waited for Chris because she likes "for people to think what pleases them and makes them happy." How I Met My Husband Summary A red-and-silver plane lands at the old fairgrounds across the road from the home of the Peebles‚ for whom Edie works. Edie’s first close-up view of an airplane leads to her first encounter with romance. Edie is both eager for and rather
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personal works to herself. The poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband” is a beautifully written poem by a woman who is completely and utterly in love with her husband. This poem is written in a first-person narrative of a wife speaking directly to her husband. This poem can reflect Anne and Simon’s actual relationship with each other. Many of Anne’s works and poems were personal and revolved around her own life. I believe this poem was truly written to her husband Simon. The entire poem elaborates‚ in
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taken ’official’ swimming lessons in my life. It’s something I learned from my husband. • He always try to teach me how to do things especially involve in the aerobic exercises‚ because he knows that the aerobic exercise is good for my health‚ especially swimming‚ which has been found to be not only beneficial for my body‚ but also perfect for relaxing my mind. • About 4 years ago‚ on the strength of his recommendation‚ I decided to learn how to swim. So my husband started to teach me. • At first
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In the short story How I Met My Husband by author Alice Munro‚ the setting takes place in a small country town around the end of WWII. It is easy to tell that Edie feels a little out of place in the Peebles’ house since they are new to the country and are more wealthy than Edie’s family. When Edie was describing her job she says‚ “Mrs. Peebles had an automatic washer and dryer‚ the first I ever saw‚” (Munro 220). This quote shows how not many people were able to afford luxuries like modern day conveniences
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even after leaving school. As for me‚ I made my choice long ago. I want to become a teacher of the Ukrainian language and literature. My choice of this occupation didn’t come as a sudden flash. During all school years literature was my favourite subject. I’ve read a lot of books by Ukrainian and foreign writers. I understand that reading books helps people in selfeducation and in solving different life problems. I would like to teach my pupils to enjoy reading‚ to encourage them to
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By this title‚ I am guessing most of you are thinking what you will be doing next weekend or even tomorrow. You would be expecting me to write that I’m going to get ‘locked’ with my friends‚ but no! I hope to remember what I did the next day or even in a few years time…I want to be able to say when I’m old‚ that I lived my life to the fullest. Firstly‚ this summer‚ I don’t want to waste it like I did every other summer. I don’t want to sleep all day. I want to live‚ I want to visit museums‚ go to
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a life or two‚ I want to make a difference. I am sure most of you think I’m a bit fanatical but I could not bear doing the same thing day-in day-out‚ just filing numbers into a computer‚ I would prefer to saw off my left arm than work for the ‘man’ as so many hippies have talked about. My reasons are different however. I don’t care if a multi-million dollar corporation makes a bit more profit or not. It’s just that people who work for the ‘man’ tend to be as stimulating as a plank of wood. I want
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When I was a little girl‚ my grandmother told me a lot of interesting legends with handsome and kind princes that were always in my mind‚ so I had a dream of marrying an ideal husband like them. Now‚ I would still like to marry a charming prince‚ I always believe that one day‚ I will meet my ideal lover and build a happy family with an ideal husband. Some women say that a husband is impossible to find‚ but an ideal one may be easier to find. The qualities of the ideal husband are probably different
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nurse more than a vet because I don’t like animals like I like babies. And plus being a vet you have to take more time in school like about 2 years of college and 3 years of vetting school. Also taking care of both babies and animals are important‚ and my parents want me to follow nursing. Cause it’s easy to find the job . Nurses not only have to be caring but they must be smart. A nurse is usually the first person who recognizes that their patient is in a bad condition or not. And nurses are in high
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