In the short story “Prue” by Alice Munro tells us about a good-humored woman who is divorced named, Prue. She lives on and off with a wealthy neurologist who wants to marry her. In this story Munro created great imagery of the main character and the use of a third person narrator, allowing the reader to understand and analyze the various interpretations of facing life as a woman. The main character, Prue, is describe as a woman who strives to become her true self even though she had experienced many situations throughout her life.

Prue is introduced as a woman who enjoy parties and view sex “wholesome, slightly silly indulgence, like dancing and nice dinners.” Munro doesn’t incorporate any of Prue’s emotions or feelings in the story, but with Prue’s attitude toward life through her actions. Prue’s small interaction to the outside world shows that she doesn’t want to jeopardize her independence. “Like a flighty daughter, neglects to answer their letters.” Even with responding to her children’s letter she thinks her independence might be at risk.

When the neurologist ask to marry her, she took it as a joke but the truth is that she is subconsciously have feelings for him. Her feelings are being held within as she feels unstable being in a relationship with him during the time he was still married. With a good sense of humor, Prue deals life challenges through a positive approach.

“Taking one is not a real theft. It could be a reminder, an intimate prank, a piece of nonsense. [...] When she gets home she puts the cufflink in an old tobacco tin.” The tobacco tin symbolizes Prue’s enclosed emotion to the outside world. She is dealing life as a woman who is self-sufficient conceals all her emotions in darkness like the items within the tobacco tin. But all the hidden items in the tobacco tin represents her past experiences or people she had encounter through life