We Haven T Come That Far After All Summary

Stereotypes usually mislead people’s thought. Both of “Boys and Girls” by Alice Munro and “We haven’t come that far after all” by Diane Francis share the opinions about female stereotype. “Boys and Girls” is about a girl’s life in countryside. Likewise, “We haven’t come that far after all” talks about the rise of women’s rights. While both the short story “Boys and Girls” and the informational text “We haven’t come that far after all” feature that two authors are disagree with female stereotype because they think women shouldn’t be restricted by female stereotypes; however, the writer of “Boys and Girls” thinks that stereotype is origin in family but the author of “We haven’t come that far after all” believes that stereotype is a social problem.

In “Boys and Girls” the author Munro believes the stereotype begins from family. It can be seen once The narrator’s mother says, “[The narrator’s mother] can use [the narrator] more in the house when [the narrator’s brother gets bigger].” The stereotype is girls should do housework because the narrator’s mother wants to make the narrator stays at home and works for her. Moreover, it shows the author of the story thinks that the stereotypes are basically start from home. In contrast, Diane Francis shares the idea that stereotype is a controversial social problem. As the author wrote, “many women have also [learn] that even if they want to take up arms, they cannot count on their colleagues and even their spouses to be allies.” The author mentions that the misogyny is a very serious social problem and women cannot get a little help from the people close. She says that women under stereotype is lamentable because the only thing they can count on are themselves which means the stereotype is a common social issue in that time. Therefore, two authors’ attitudes are different because their different discussion about how the stereotype being