How I Met My Husband Group at eNotes

If you choose How I Met My Husband, and do a character study of Edie you...

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:32:16 PST

If you choose How I Met My Husband, and do a character study of Edie you could examine her character and how it relates to social class. For example, at the beginning you can examine the dialogue and actions of Edie. She is nieve in a sense in that she thinks Chris will really write to her, come get her and marry her. It shows where she was brought up, on a farm. On the other hand, she is very perceptive of the ways the upper middle class...

How can/do characters relate to the theme of a story?

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:12:49 PST

How can/do characters relate to the theme of a story?

What is your attitude toward Edie, the narrator--sympathy,...

Sun, 4 Oct 2009 15:31:29 PST

What is your attitude toward Edie, the narrator--sympathy, condescension, dispproval, or something more complicated?

what is the writing style used by munro in how i met my husband ??

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 15:51:17 PST

what is the writing style used by munro in how i met my husband ??

In my opinion, the central theme in "How I Met My Husband" is...

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:36:04 PST

In my opinion, the central theme in "How I Met My Husband" is difference in economic and social class and the perspective that arises from that difference. This can be most easily distinguished by observing the relationship between Mrs. Peebles and Edie. Mrs. Peebles, the wife of prominent Dr. Peebles, has a very high social-economic standing while Edie is simply her "hired girl," and only fifteen at that. A good example of this...

What central theme is important to the meaning of "How I Met My Husband"?

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:48:22 PST

What central theme is important to the meaning of "How I Met My Husband"?

Describe the plot structure in "How I Met My Husband".

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:23:12 PST

Describe the plot structure in "How I Met My Husband".

The plot is structured very simply. It is told in chronological...

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:21:36 PST

The plot is structured very simply. It is told in chronological order. The plot begins with Edie and Mrs. Peebles rushing outside to look to see if a plane has crashed that they heard overhead a few moments earlier. A few paragraphs later, the pilot of that Plane, Chris, comes to the Peebles' household and meets Edie. The plot ends with Chris never writing Edie as he promised and Edie sharing that she fell in love with the mailman who...

how does the story generate suspense

Mon, 6 Apr 2009 12:47:17 PST

how does the story generate suspense

What is the climax of "How I Met My Husband"?

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:19:14 PST

What is the climax of "How I Met My Husband"?

The question of Edie's antagonist is an interesting one. Within the...

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:32:18 PST

The question of Edie's antagonist is an interesting one. Within the story, there is no single character against whom she must strive consistently to prevail, nor is there one individual who plays the central role in the major conflict of the story. Loretta Bird annoys Edie and treats her with disrespect, Chris Watters inspires her romantic fantasies, Mrs. Pebbles gives her a job but doesn't treat her well, and Alice Kelling shows up as her...

in the story "How I Met Your Husband" what happen to the characters?

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:04:07 PST

in the story "How I Met Your Husband" what happen to the characters?

Who is the antagonist (and why) of the short story, "How I Met My...

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:39:18 PST

Who is the antagonist (and why) of the short story, "How I Met My Husband" by Alice Munroe?

In reply to #1: When Alice shows up with Loretta Bird, Edie notices...

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:15:45 PST

In reply to #1: When Alice shows up with Loretta Bird, Edie notices that Alice's figure is not very attractive, with her bust looking "rather low and lumpy." Edie also notices that Alice's face has a worried look. Her permed hair had grown out, and she had pulled it back with a hair band to keep it under control. Edie thinks there is not one thing "in the least pretty or even young-looking about her." Because Edie is attracted to Chris and...

Edie has no respect for Loretta Bird or her husband. They aren't good...

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:58:23 PST

Edie has no respect for Loretta Bird or her husband. They aren't good parents to their seven children; they don't pay their bills, the husband drinks, and Loretta spends most of her time minding other people's business. Besides being an annoying, unwelcome nuisance to Mrs. Pebbles and to Edie, Loretta assumes a superior attitude toward Edie, even calling her "ignorant." While Edie is present, Loretta talks to Mrs. Pebbles about her, as if...

Alice Kelling

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:54:14 PST

What details does Edie notice about Alice Kelling, and why do you think those qualities were important to Edie?

In "How I Met My Husband," why does Edie dislike Loretta Bird so much?

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:47:08 PST

In "How I Met My Husband," why does Edie dislike Loretta Bird so much?

This is one story that I think many people can relate to on a personal...

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:24:56 PST

This is one story that I think many people can relate to on a personal level...it's a happy ending, but not too sappy, and it gives those of us who have not yet found that special someone a little hope for the future.

In reply to #1: I think it's more than a happy ending--it's a very...

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:03:33 PST

In reply to #1: I think it's more than a happy ending--it's a very satisfying ending in this way. The best part of the conclusion is not that Edie finds her husband; it is why she finds him. When Chris doesn't write or come back for her. Edie makes an important decision. She decides that she will take responsibility for her own life. She chooses not to be a woman who waits around to be rescued. She chooses to move on and make her life happen,...

This story, in my opinion, has a happy ending. At the end of the...

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:23:18 PST

This story, in my opinion, has a happy ending. At the end of the story, the narrator of the story discusses how she waited at the mailbox day after day for Chris' letter that she never got. However, she began talking to the postal deliveryman each day, who eventually became her husband! If she had not gone through the heartbreak of her experience with Chris, she never would have developed the relationship with her future husband, the...