Comparing Two Different Texts Advice In Jamaica Kincaid's Girl

If by Rudyard Kipling, and Girl by Jamaica Kincaid, are two texts about parents giving their kids advice about the real world. In Girl a mom is writing to her daughter about specific rules she needs to follow in the real world to become a successful women. In If a father is telling his son about basic rules he can follow. The Two texts might sound the same, but they are also different.

In both texts “If” and “Girl” they both have a similar topic that is they are both getting advice from their parents. I know this because in the text of Girls it says “Girl is where a mother writes to her daughter.” So from this we can say that the mother in “Girl” is giving her a list of specific rules to follow in order to become successful in the real world. Then in the text of “If” it says “If you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.” This shows that the father is giving his son a rule, but it's a basic rule, not as specific as the mother’s rule in the poem “Girl”

Next is, The two texts are also different in a way. Evidence of this is “The mother in “Girl expects a great deal of her daughter, and she does not hesitate to let the girl know.” From this evidence we can say that the mother throws out rules of things she can and can’t do, but what if the girl wants to be someone different than what her mother wants her to be. Some evidence from “If” is
Evidence of the theme of “Girl” is “The mother in “Girl” expects a great deal of her daughter, and she does not hesitate to let the girl know.” So this shows that the mother wants the girl to become somebody the mother wants her to be, not what the girl wants to be. Evidence from the theme of “If” is “Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!” This shows that the father is more supporting than the mother in