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    How I Met My Husband

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    In the short story “How I Met My Husband” by Alice Munro the structure of the plot and the conflict work in unity to reach the conclusion. This story has a sympathetic protagonist dealing with a relatable conflict‚ suspense‚ and a twist ending that may keep the reader thinking after the last lines have been read. The protagonist in this story‚ Edie‚ is a timid person who is always doing whatever makes other people happy and never says what she wants. She describes herself as “shy” (Munro 127)

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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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    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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    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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    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 understand and no longer has any current meaning‚ yet they are unwilling to give it up simply because it has become a town tradition

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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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    never 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

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    As I get off the plane that just landed on a tropical island‚ nothing other than paradise and feelings of extravagance await me. For the small chunk of time I vacation here‚ no matter how hard I try‚ I cannot encounter anything except overwhelming joy. Hawaii is such a place that is located near the equator in the most southern region of the northern hemisphere. The weather there could not be better in quality. The perfect temperature‚ consisting within the mid-eighties along with the warm sun‚ enables

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    How I Met My Husband

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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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    “Summer Is My Favorite Season of the Year” My favorite season of the year is summer because of the warm weather‚ the school vacation‚ and the endless fun. I really enjoy the warm weather because it’s the perfect atmosphere to do outdoor activities. My favorite part about summer has to be the fact that school is closed for two months. During summer‚ you’re free to do whatever you want‚ not worrying about curfew or waking up early for school. Summer time is a great time to relax with friends and

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