Boys and Girls

I n the short story Boys and Girls, the narrator experienced a change over a period of time. In the first ten years of her life she was a bit of a tomboy, she worked outside with her father doing farm work, and enjoyed it very much. Her mother would rather her be inside helping her with the house work, but it just wasn’t for her. When her mother made an unexpected visit to …

…her, and as she waited to be dismissed from the table she started to cry. Throughout the story the narrator changed and matured. In the beginning she was a tomboy and didn’t care about doing girly things. As the story unfolded she began to become more feminine and have more feelings. She realized that all the comments that everyone had made were really true, and like her father said, “She’s only a girl.”