... tubs, pots and pans, or even a car seat or stuffed chair, as if somewhere the flood had gotten into dump" (356). The debris described is a mixture of both nature and culture, though there is a symbolic order in which the debris is described. The debris listed after the word, "sometimes" are associated with women. When the boys finish rebuilding the boat the ... of the genders, splitting the children into their former opposition of male and female gender roles. In the story "The Found Boat" Munro uses events of everyday life in a small Canadian town to symbolize the struggle five adolesc...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School