Focus: point-of view
Alice Munroe’s “An Ounce of Cure”
In Alice Munroe’s short story “An Ounce of Cure” the theme and focus of -point of view- is explained. The fact that the whole story was in first-person narration provides a high sense of understanding that the story will reflect the theme of point of view. The main points throughout this story revolve around the coming of age of an ignorant and innocent teenager. The narrator deals with the average teenage problems such as the high school experiences which include the high school dances and the effects and influences of parents in daily life. Is Soon after, her problems have increased as she is dumped by her boyfriend, Martin Collingwood. This incident changes her to become an ignorant and innocent teenager. In the beginning of the short story, there is a great use of examples which are based on point of view. She was a person who was ignorant of everything else happening around her and mentioned only what happened and what is happening to her at that point in time. For example, while watching the Christmas play it seemed as if she couldn’t determine whether she was livid or distressed about her and her boyfriend’s breakup. Throughout the story the teenager’s attitude is shaped on the idea of what the people in the town think a typical teenager there should be. In the beginning she was also seen as a pretty happy, average teenager, but as the pressures of life and high school relationships start to turn against her, she begins to take ‘stress’ to another level. She does this, by attempting to ‘cure’ her problems by having an alcoholic drink at one of her babysitting jobs. As this wasn’t the smartest idea, she still kept it up regardless of the situation she was in; she took this as a way to help her escape from the issues of reality. This happening explains the title of the story being ‘An ounce of cure’.
Alice Munroe’s “An Ounce of Cure”
In Alice Munroe’s short story “An Ounce of Cure” the theme and focus of -point of view- is explained. The fact that the whole story was in first-person narration provides a high sense of understanding that the story will reflect the theme of point of view. The main points throughout this story revolve around the coming of age of an ignorant and innocent teenager. The narrator deals with the average teenage problems such as the high school experiences which include the high school dances and the effects and influences of parents in daily life. Is Soon after, her problems have increased as she is dumped by her boyfriend, Martin Collingwood. This incident changes her to become an ignorant and innocent teenager. In the beginning of the short story, there is a great use of examples which are based on point of view. She was a person who was ignorant of everything else happening around her and mentioned only what happened and what is happening to her at that point in time. For example, while watching the Christmas play it seemed as if she couldn’t determine whether she was livid or distressed about her and her boyfriend’s breakup. Throughout the story the teenager’s attitude is shaped on the idea of what the people in the town think a typical teenager there should be. In the beginning she was also seen as a pretty happy, average teenager, but as the pressures of life and high school relationships start to turn against her, she begins to take ‘stress’ to another level. She does this, by attempting to ‘cure’ her problems by having an alcoholic drink at one of her babysitting jobs. As this wasn’t the smartest idea, she still kept it up regardless of the situation she was in; she took this as a way to help her escape from the issues of reality. This happening explains the title of the story being ‘An ounce of cure’.
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