The narrator is portrayed as a rebellious child. She continually acts against what is expected of her. The expectations are that she should act like a young lady not a boy. For example, when she continued to slam the doors and sit awkwardly when

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The narrator is also in denial of what she really is, which is a girl. She denies the fact of being a girl mainly because the only female figure she sees is her mother and she doesn't have interest in what her mother does. She wants to be like her father because his life is more appealing to her than her mothers. Another reason she doesn't want to become a girl is because she thinks her mother is against her. For instance when the narrator said her mother "had a dead, quiet, regretful way of talking about me that always made me uneasy" (329). This denial of not wanting to be a "girl" is only because she doesn't trust her mother and her father's lifestyle is more appealing.

Munro, Alice, "Boys and Girls,"Wascana Poetry Anthology Regina:CPRC, 1996, 326

The narrator's actions eventually fall back on

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Approximate Word count = 599
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)