Maybe to varying degrees, but it's still difficult. Carol Geddes, suffered racism, humiliation. He was trying to adapt to Canadian culture. As he pointed out: “We were the butt of jokes because of our second-hand clothes and moose meat sandwiches. We were constantly rejected.” (Geddes 90). On the other hand, Alice Munro was trying to prove to her family, especially her mother, that she could be more useful and that, even though she was a girl, she could handle the hard work on the farm. She was clearly troubled by her mother's comments about her brother: "Wait until Laird gets a little older, then you'll have real help." (Munro 26). These types of comments made the relationship with the mother difficult. And trusting his mother would soon become a problem, to the point that he began to see her as an enemy. “but she was also my enemy” (Munro 27). Additionally, both writers faced similar struggles such as poverty. Yet both had the feeling of not belonging to a group. In Carol Geddes' case, it was society. In Alice Munro's case it was her family. It's hard to imagine that at a young age they had to deal with all the difficulties they had to face. But I also think it probably made them better people. So possible better writers