In what ways could Wallace’s theory about education be applicable to the writing of Alice Munro? Justify your conclusion
I believe the Mr wallace tried to express the ideas that educated people are better able to keep their emotions controlled in different scenarios because they are able to create more open-minded frames of people during their everyday life, unlike someone less educated whom would more likely create a mindset of a person being the same or less of them. A key example is when Wallace articulated the event of standing in a shopping line and being unable to control yourself when another person is slow, Wallace feels that a less educated person would not take into account what has happened to the person in the day, while a more educated person would, or would most of the time.
Furthermore the idea that more educated people are able to do this starts from the idea that they are able to paint pictures of people in different scenarios because they have read these examples in literature, we see literature giving them a base line to be more open and sympathetic towards society as they are able to better paint a picture of someone, when they are struggling, furthermore he specifically does not state they always do this, but they would be most likely to do so. We see being educated with literature having an integral role in how we perceive society as we would be able to better paint a picture of someone, which would take into account sympathy towards that person.
Lastly we see Munros work and the topic she writes upon being able to better control our emotions, as the topics she cover are an integral theme we see in today's society and within many families. It is not only important to read literature but also important to take into account the different themes in literature, Munro does this well in her short stories as many cover themes which are present in society. As Munro gives different examples of women in different situations, we as human would better able to paint a frame of someone in our everyday life as we can relate the person to Munros many characters. As Munro uses themes which are present in today's society we can easily relate a real life example to a munro character.
