The mother, a nurturing person, only had the best intentions towards her daughter. Many of the things the mother says are simple pieces of advice about how to do the laundry, ironing her father
pants, cleaning and setting the table for different occasions. “Wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes on Tuesday and put them on the clothesline to dry; don’t walk bare-head in the hot sun…” Here the reader can see that the mother does what any other mother usually does and tries to steer her daughter in the right directions.