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[kitty00litter]

                Part 1: Reflection

In Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls”, her main character has very strong opinions of certain places in her house. The different descriptions of where the children sleep, where the father works, and where the mother works, provide the reader deep insight into the daughter’s life and also illustrate some of the many

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[eversmiles]

I like that you noticed and commented on the distinction between darkness and light. i found it interesting/strange that the kitchen is described as being dark and the cellar as being bright when generally the opposite is true (at least in my experiences).

[jpatten]

The light and dark binary is something I didn't think about with the same depth as the indoor and outdoor perception. It does set a mood or tone to the different areas in the story. In the second part I didn't think of the mother in "the boat" as a direct reference to the Eustacia Vya character, but I understand the traits you see that bring up a similarity.

[vast_ocean]

"The kitchen has a general unappealing description including flypaper, oil cloth and wavy mirrors, illustrating the daughter’s disgust" --> Isn't t amazing how you can just envision the daughter's distaste with being inside doing chores for her mother? I overlooked the part where she describes the fox pen as tidy and ingenious and how the kitchen is full of never ending jobs and clutter. Thank you for pointing this out. I really enjoy reading your blog and find it insightful and fresh.