Analysis Of Lucy By Jamaica Kincaid

In the novel Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid, I identified concepts that are still being used in modern society. For instance, when she is discussing about her father's death and the roles her mother would take on around the house to help. It is interesting that today we still follow the ideals of women and their role in a marriage as if it was the 1990’s, although we have slowly been trying to break the chain there has not been progress. However, I found the way she handled the death of her father and the response to her mother was rude by saying how she will never return back home. Her mother needed comfort the least she could have done was gone for a short period of time, then move on with her life but not lose communication with her mother. Nevertheless,