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    How I Met My Husband” 1. The plot structure in this story is chronological order. The arrangement of the plot elements it’s effective because its tells us exactly what the title is‚ how Edie met her husband. My expectations as a reader are overturned when she marries the mailman. Throughout the whole story I thought she would marry the pilot‚ like every other love story. After waiting some time the love of their life comes back and marries them. Instead she while waiting for the pilot she

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    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 with. Edie was astonished when Mrs. Peebles admitted

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    meaningful debate. He was not a social giant and kept as few friends as possible. Furthermore‚ history decorates him as a person who could not build a sustainable intimate relationship opting to casual engagements. In as much as this may be true‚ Hitler only tried to bring sanity back to Germany. Before taking power many Jews had invaded Germany‚ coming from various countries. Some were seeking asylum while other came to exploit the rich resources. Because of the invasion‚ the country was losing its moral

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    original one‚ though pieces from the old box have always been used to make the new one until the time of this box. When it gets too worn or dilapidated‚ it will no doubt be used to make the next version of the black box. Some have talked about replacing the black box; however‚ the unsurprising consensus is to keep it as is. Clearly they do not care about the actual box‚ at least based on how they treat it.  Think of this box symbolically as representing the tradition which these townspeople do not really

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    Alice Munro published “How I Met My Husband” in her book Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You (1974). Told from the first-person point of view‚ the story layers the voice of the fifteen-year-old Edie‚ working as a “hired girl” in the house of the comparatively wealthy Peebles family‚ with that of the adult Edie‚ now happily married and wiser than she was as a teenager. Edie’s voice is colloquial and friendly‚ keenly aware of its audience. In this way‚ the story celebrates the art of storytelling

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    Blueprint 1 A Blueprint for Coming of Age Blueprint 2 The short story How I Met my Husband is a story about a fifteen year old girl who has a coming of age experience while working for a doctor and his wife. The author‚ Alice Munro utilizes several literary techniques to convey a very relatable theme‚ that of young idealized romance and the ironies we learn about

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    I was afraid of even my own shadow Mum could not understand how she could have brought such a classic case of a scared cat into this world. According to her‚ when I was born‚ I was one of those smiling‚ good-natured babies who would not cry or whimper and would sleep the whole night through. She herself had a peaceful confinement month unlike her colleagues who were kept on their toes the whole night. This made her to be so pleased with me. But immediately after my first birthday‚ there was

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    Hurts When I Cough (1000 words) Respiratory problems influence the lives of many people. Infections‚ diseases‚ trauma and other impacts may cause the chest to hurt when we cough. The lungs do not have the luxury of taking a break‚ as we must breath every minute of every day. Speak with a medical professional if you have painful or other unpleasant sensations while coughing or breathing. Monitor your experiences to better address any questions that your doctor may have‚ My Chest Hurts When I Cough

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    How I Straighten My Hair

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    always like this though‚ I was embarassed of my naturality. I dreamt of waking up with straight waves and hair that didn’t frizz up at the slightest percentage of humidity. I was that girl that would stay awake until 2AM to straighten my hair for school the next day‚ only to come face first with 8 hours of discomfort from having to avoid any sort of water. You speak to me with a little spit in your mouth and I’ll run away faster than you can imagine just to avoid having my hair disobey me more than

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    When I was One-and-Twenty Summary Our speaker gets some advice from an older‚ wiser person: don’t bank too much on love. Like any young person‚ he promptly ignores the advice. Did we mention that he’s 21? Keep that in mind. It’ll be important later. Flash forward: now he’s 22. And as it turns out‚ the advice he got was pretty good. Love hurts. And we’re not just quoting that ’80s song. Line 1-2 When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say‚ • Uh-oh. Any time a literary work starts

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