”The Flowers” by Alice Walker Summary: “The Flowers” 1973 is written by Alice Walker who is an Afro-American author. “The Flowers” is a short story about a girl named Myop. Myop is a black 10-yeard old girl who lives on a farm with her poor sharecropper family in the countryside. She staggers around and plays with animals and discovers beautiful nature in her pleasuring never-ending childhood. But while exploring the land she lives near with flowers in her hands she accidently discovers a horrible
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which factors contribute to the values of one’s heritage and identity; she illustrates that these are represented not by the possession of objects or mere appearances‚ but by one’s lifestyle and attitude. Also‚ in the illustration “Girl”‚ Jamaica Kincaid uses a mother’s voice‚ like Walker‚ to illustrate the mother’s meaning of identity. Both mothers in each story have their own outlook of what defines a person’s identity. Although each mother has different interpretations of the meaning of identity
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Mikayla Cooper Mr.Brand 10th Honors B block 8/12/13 “Girl” In the short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid the author gives a perspective of the relationship between a strict mother and her young daughter. Jamaica Kincaid wrote series of sentences that sets the tone of the story to be uptight‚ oppressive‚ and informative. The author described her daughter into becoming a ‘slut’ which tells the readers that the mother is worried and is disapproving of her daughters actions. Others might think that the
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the author Jamaica Kincaid describes life in Antigua when it was an English colony. Antigua was first colonized by English settlers in 1632 and achieved its independence until 1981. There was an immense British cultural influence in the island‚ which Kincaid shows in her essay. In the essay Kincaid reveals her defiance for England’s imposed presence in Antigua by comparing other’s conformity to England´s way of life to her own subtle defiance. Throughout the essay Kincaid demonstrates England´s
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[and] to always eat [her] food in such a way that it won’t turn someone else’s stomach.” (Kincaid‚ 90) In some ways‚ the mother is wise: not only does she know how to cook‚ clean‚ and maintain a busy household‚ but she also has a good sense of social etiquette. Knowing how to “behave in the presence of men [she] doesn’t know very well…and how to “smile at someone [she] doesn’t like…[and] like completely” (Kincaid‚ 90) indicates that she knows how to act around the diverse people in her area. For the
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Flowers play important roles in our everyday lives. They are beneficial to all of us. When someone is in the hospital‚ we bring flowers to cheer them up. Flowers are a great "pick-me-up." You send flowers to your loved ones on special occasions like Mother’s Day or on birthdays to show how much you care. You might even get cuttings out of your garden to brighten up a room or for the fragrance. Flowers also have healing properties. Not only do flowers help relieve stress‚ they are used in medicine
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Compare and Contrast two key themes in Alice Walker’s ‘The Flower’ ‘The Flower’‚ written by Alice Walker is a short story about a young 10 years old girl called Myop who has loses her innocence because of what she had found in the forest. This short story was written during the first half of the 1900’s where there were civil rights in America. Alice Walker‚ who is an American-African writer‚ wrote this story to let the reader be aware of what is happening and how the African-American people are
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them. Embracing individuality allows women to flourish meaningfully in society. The mother in “Girl” exclaims to her daughter‚ “You mean to say that after all you are really going to be the kind of woman who the baker won’t let near the bread?” (Kincaid 160). In simpler terms‚ the mother implies that if the baker doesn’t let her daughter touch the bread‚ it reflects her failure to meet expectations and be considered respectable by others. The idea that such a trivial act could be seen as a reward
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“Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid is a short story/poem was published in The New Yorker in 1978. There are many things that the story “Girl” shows us. One is the oppression of women and the lack of the options that women got. Another is the change in parenting techniques as orders like these wouldn’t be issued in today’s world. The narrator also shows how the gender role has grown since the late 1970s‚ shows the little girl protesting toward her mother‚ and shows the love a mother has for her daughter.
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Flower Flower is abeautiful things for me.I like it so much.Ilike to give all person that.I love them flowers to exepres my love and recpect for them.We can see the flower in many places such us:garden house and farms.It have amany beautiful colours like:red‚light pink and dark pink‚yellow and white.for me I like the red flower becous it meems the love.Know I wont to give my teacher this flower to exepres my love and recpect for her. Information about flowers Municipal offline Avatar municipal
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