Daniel Pena’s quotes help to elaborate on the human interactions and experiences based upon unique perspectives, the question of whether to follow your head or your heat, and ______ present in Alice Munro’s writing. Pena’s first quote tells us that Munro teaches us what it is like to be human, and this is evident in both Open Secrets and The Jack Randa Hotel. Open Secrets depicts a young child that is lost in the woods, and The Jack Randa Hotel tells of a divorced couple but one still holds strong feelings for the other. These are both traumatic human experiences that remind us that to be a human and to have human experiences does not always mean to have positive interactions. Pena’s second quote describes the big questions asked in each short