"How I Met My Husband"

This story by Alice Munro, was told by a narrator telling of her memory of how she met her husband. The title makes the reader believe that the man she is talking about in most of the story is going to be her future husband. However, the reader later learns that it was because of this man's bad promise that she actually met her real husband. Question Number three asks how minor characters such as Loretta Bird and Mrs. Peebles help advance the plot. These characters each have there own story that is revealed slightly through Edie's narration. Because of these character's actions we see that Edie is from the country and the people she works for are not; "the Peebleses thought she was a country-woman, they didn't know the difference." (page 131) The minor character, Alice Kelling, also contributes to the story because she shows the reader would Edie could turn out to be like had she not realized the mistake it was to trust Chris. These minor characters add to the main character by contributing small details and facts that allow the reader to know more about what is going on.