The Girls in Their Summer Dresses

The short story “The Girls In Their Summer Dresses” by Irwin Shaw highlights an argument between a married couple on a Sunday afternoon in New York City. The afternoon begins well; the wife, Frances, makes plans with her husband, Michael, to spend the entire day with only each other, and not with their friends the Stevensons, as originally intended. While the couple strolls down the street, Frances catches Michael gazing at a pretty girl walking by, and a squabble begins. The events that unfold while Michael and Frances debate illustrate that this is not their first quarrel on the subject, and that this couple handles their problems with a little alcohol and a buffer zone of friends. Shaw suggests through this story that for a couple to prog

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Approximate Word count = 538
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)