In Alice Munro's "Boys and Girls" she tells a story about a girl coming of age and lacking identity in an environment filled with gender role stereotypes which are further enforced by the society she lives in. ... " And when she asked questions the grandmother would reply "That's none of a girls business.... The day the narrator's father is going to shoot Mack, who is the horse to be used as feed for the foxes; she wants to see how it happens. ... Henry and the father get into the truck to chase Flora down, on the way out of the gate Laird, once again, is ye...

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• Grade Level: High School

The mayor's wife asks Sofia to work for her, and be her maid. ... The females stuck together through everything and that's what gave Celie strength to keep going in life. ... Celie starts to make pants and she makes them for anyone that asks. ... Everyone goes through a struggle in life to get where they want to be. Ask yourself if you really know who you are? ...

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• Grade Level: High School