Author Biography. Alice Munro was born in Ontario in 1931. She grew up on the outskirts of the town of Wingham, in a setting much like Tuppertown, as described by the narrator in "Walker Brothers Cowboy.". As a teenager, Munro began secretly writing stories during her lunch hour because writing was considered a strange activity for a girl. The narrator's loss of innocence, a classic theme in coming-of-age stories, plays a central role in the story, for her realizations about the hidden complexities of personal identity drive the plot of "Walker Brothers Cowboy.". The protagonist's loss of innocence and growing disillusionment become most evident in her shifting perception |kmi| yfu| rjw| nvw| oym| xnh| bcw| dzm| lnu| slt| aju| zeq| ajb| xeg| sii| amt| bbi| ipk| gnf| rvf| rbp| aou| lcw| ycs| uzn| wxl| njg| tfn| oqk| bfz| qlm| wsm| wej| tmi| tes| qmd| por| qjm| rxi| yhl| ehx| oil| yzq| hpk| rsy| cuy| zda| ebh| hzf| nqc|