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ALICE MUNROS THE ALBANIAN VIRGIN IN OPEN SECRETS EXEMPLIES HER CHARACTERISTIC APPROACH To try to trace Alice Munros narrative techniques to any particular development in the short story The Albanian Virgin would be difficult. This could be because it is simply written from careful observations as are many of her other short stories. In her short stories, it is as though she tries to transform a common, ordinary world into something that is unsettling and mysterious as was seen in Vandals. Most of her stories found in Open Secrets, are set or focused on Munros native Canada, Huron County, and particularly in the small fictional Ontario town of Carstairs, although the setting in The Albanian Virgin is in British Columbia. The†¦show more content†¦Munro offers us (the reader) a bouquet of stories in one: the narrators escape from and longing for both lover and husband; Charlotte and her husband Gjurdhi, who are somewhere between threats, exemplars of surviving love and path os (as Munros late middle aged couples often are); the adventure of Lottar and the Franciscan priest who helps her escape from what is both new home and prison; the antagonistic mating dance between the bookstore owner and her new, odd friends, Charlotte and Gjurdhi. (Bloom 1995) The change from one characters point of view or narrative to another is changing the setting and mood of the story. The narrator is indirectly portraying her as they both moved to British Columbia and opened a bookstore. It is like telling the story of three individuals with relation to her own life. When Munro was asked once in an interview as to why she used both first and third person, her reply was it allows you to move around a bit more, and it allows you to say things about other characters (MacKendrick, 24). Munros use of stories is one of her many forms of conforming the different narratives and points of view together. She tells the story the way that she sees it forming and lets the reader fi gure it out for themselves. In this story, the reader has to first realize that the main story is not on the bookstore owner, but on Charlotte, the womanShow MoreRelatedEssay on How I Met My Husband by Alice Munro622 Words   |  3 PagesHusband by Alice Munro Deneen Bell Instructor Heather Altfeld Fisher 125- Introduction of Literature November 28, 2011 The Analysis of How I Met My Husband Introduction In this analysis I plan to show that the first person point of view was used to write this short story. I also want to show that there is more than one theme as well. I would like to show how Edie kept secrets and how she was blinded by love. I plan to show that this story contained secrecy almost to the ending. Alice Munro’sRead MoreDeep Holes by Alice Munro889 Words   |  4 PagesAlice Munros story featured in The New Yorker, â€Å"Deep Holes† has complex undertones that mirror the authors feelings as a mother and an artist. Sally, the mother in the story has three children but the main focus lies between the dynamics between Sally a passive wife, Alex her domineering husband, and Kent her rebellious oldest son. The story begins with a family picnic that abruptly ends when Kent literally falls into a â€Å"deep hole.† The interactions leading up to following this accident revealsRead MoreExamples Of Dynamic Characters In The Great Gatsby1350 Words   |  6 Pagesman will store up in his ghostly heart.† (Fitzgerald, 97). This quote shows how Gatsby had reconnected with Daisy through Nick and how Nick admired Gatsby’s passion when he finally meet up with Daisy once again. Lastly, the tragic death of Gatsby opens up a new realm of things for Nick. In the novel, it states, â€Å"After Gatsby’s death the East was haunted for me like that, distorted beyond my eyes’ power of correction.† (Fitzgerald, 176). He now reflected on how Gatsby’s passion and drive to live allowedRead MoreTyfhbgyf1977 Words   |  8 PagesThe short story The short story -- Alice Munro an exception, (perhaps) -- is an illustration of one facet of human nature. Often a character undergoes some event and experiences something which offers him change. This is why its said that short stories usually say something, often a narrow or small something, but sometimes delivered with such precision that the effect is exquisite, even a life-moment for the reader, something akin to a religious experience or seeing a never-to-be-repeated scene