The Butterfly, An Ounce Of Cure, And How I Met My Husband

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In Alice Munro’s “Day of The Butterfly”, “An Ounce of Cure”, and “How I Met My

Husband”, the Narrators reflect on their life’s after the fact. It is interesting how the Narrators

looks back on their lifetime and sees how they could have made better choices and how naive

they were.

In “Day of The Butterfly”, Helen feels that she should have treated Myra better. Helen

wants to fit in she sees that she is different too. Helen feels that she is different, “I was the only

one in class who carried a lunch pail and ate peanut-butter sandwiches in the high, bare,

mustard-colored cloakroom, the only one who had to wear rubber boots in the spring, when the

roads were heavy with mud” (Munro, 236). Helen was afraid of this and being different from the …show more content…

From her being different, she can relate to Myra. She

was also afraid of being seen with Myra, she says “I could not afford to be seen walking with

her, and I didn’t even want to but, on the other hand, the flattery of those humble, hopeful

turnings was not a lost to me” (Munro, 236). Helen has a redeeming quality when she shares her

cracker jacks with Myra and tries to share with Jimmy and lets Myra keep the butterfly

brooch.

In “An Ounce of Cure” The narrator is fixated on a boy after dating for two months

Martin breaks up with her. This plays a huge role in her life, her trying to get over him. She

spends time “pining and weeping for him- as I ever spent with him” (Munro. 435). “How I Met My Husband” Edie the narrator, looks back and sees how her life

experiences have led her to where she is now. Sutton states, “Edie the character is a naive

fifteen-year-old” (2). Edie met Chris when she was dressed up in Mrs. Peebles dress and he

called her beautiful, which in a way flattered her. She began to have a crush on Chris. His fiancé

Alice comes to find him in hope they can finial get married. Edie makes a cake for Chris

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