Maturity and Personal Identity in Munro's Boys and GirlsIn Alice Munro's story "Boys and Girls", the main character/narrator disobeys his father without his father's knowledge. She does this because she is starting to become her own person. His maturity and ability to make his own decisions are highlighted as the story develops. This is why she continued to do little things against her family's beliefs, because, as she said, "I kept myself free" (1008). It can be said that she was an outcast from the rest of her family, due to the fact that she did not behave like a girl, as her grandmother tried to point out to her. Her grandmother kept nagging her, saying, “Girls don’t slam doors like that.” Girls keep their knees together when they sit” (1008). Day after day, she was harassed. It seemed to me that she was constantly harassed by the rest of her family. There is a key word in this story, and the word is “girl.” This word comes up all the time in front of her, as if her family thinks she isn't doing enough....