<Tab/>Alice Munro's collection of short stories in Open Secrets is one example of her focus on women, ordinary women, and the lives they experience and lead. Her stories present us with characters that think, feel, and develop in normal, as well as abnormal, situations. In the following discussion we focus on two of her short stories from Open Secrets, and confer the characters and their development. The stories chosen for …showed first 75 words of 1614 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1614 total…life may be predestined. The same is applicable to Bea, for her understanding of her need in relationship to men is a sense of understanding control, but also an understanding, or perhaps acceptance, which argues she is fated to be this way. 5 Reference: Solotaroff, Ted. "Open Secrets. (book review).," The Nation, (1994): November, v259 n18, pp. 665(4). Douglas College Engl 106 Alice Munro's Characters in the Novel Titled, Open Secrets Instructor: Sheila Ross Student: Wai Ling Cheng 300008518 August 5, 2003