Response to 'An Ounce of Cure'

Ounce of cure, a short story by Alice Munro is about developing individuality and discovering oneself. “An Ounce of Cure” in relation to the adage ‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’ is meant to show that the saying got mixed up in the way that the main character is a young girl who didn't think ahead and therefore would not have been able to heed this saying. In the story, the main character spends hard time dealing with emotional issue. Instead of preventing, the girl tried to overcome the issue by taking pills which is an ounce of cure. Of course, this did not work well as it was not a good choice. The theme of this short story is about developing individuality and discovering oneself. It was a touching since the author described a teenager's emotion carefully, and I was able to sympathize with the theme as a teenager. At the end of the story, the main character was found drunk in Mr. Berryman’s house when she was suppose to babysit. This was her result of being emotionally depressed by breaking up and being obsessed with her boyfriend. If she concealed her emotion more, I think she would able to have an ounce of prevention ratherthan an ounce of cure.