hand and in that situation they can reflect who they are and regret not listening to people with knowledge. People with knowledge and experience can be a positive influence towards people that need the help and advice they need for a better future. Jamaica Kincaid in her story “Girl” explains how a mother gives her knowledge towards her daughter to save her life from violence and promiscuity. The mother advices her to be careful from any dangers in the world even though her daughter doesn’t seem to
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UNEMPLOYMENT in the Bahamas is down by one per cent‚ according to government statistics. The Department of Statistics released the results of its Labour Force and Household Income Survey yesterday‚ conducted in May‚ which revealed a slight decrease in the number of unemployed persons‚ a decline of less than 1 per cent in the unemployment rate which now stands at 13.7 per cent. However‚ the report explained the two major factors contributing to the decline in the unemployment rate were persons
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1.Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” is a daughter’s mimicry of how her mother tells her to perform housekeeping and other sensitive topics for proper behavior. Because of the content and demanding tone‚ do you find the mother abusive and demeaning‚ or is something else going on? The mother seems to be abusive‚ demeaning and cold. Her tone throughout the story is critical and commanding. The way she talks to her daughter makes me feel as if there were no warm feelings in their relationship. The mother gives
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Girl by Jamaica Kincaid and If by Rudyard Kipling‚ are two texts that are written by parents with real world expectations for their children. Both texts though are similar and different in many different ways. Girl‚ is a one sentence story about a mother’s expectations for her “Boy crazy girl” that is going out into the real world by herself. She explains what so tips for her daughter in a more harsh than gentle voice. “If” is a poem of a dad poetically telling his son about the good and bad and
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Receiving advice from a person of influence is something almost every person goes through at least once in their lifetime. In the short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid‚ this is something a young girl experiences. The story is being told from the second person point of view. This emphasizes the role of the narrator in the story and proposes that the story is like a manual for the girl to follow throughout her life. From beginning to the end of the story the narrator gives the girl advice based off
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I have experienced while seeking for a job. My issue finding a job had become a very serious subject in high school. Growing with a family who had been raised in a harsh environment is different than how I was raised. I had not been aware that unemployment was a big societal issue because I have never been told to go outside the house and work. My parents had financial problems growing up‚ and still till this day they are seeking a good job. People who were unemployed had to come across
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1. HOW IS UNEMPLOYMENT MEASURED? Based on my research (Abs.gov.au‚ 2015)‚ the Australian Labour Market Statistics (July 2014); the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) measures the unemployment rate in Australia. The data came and it is published monthly from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) in Labour Force‚ Australia (cat. no. 6202.0). And are described by many attributes such as age; sex; marital status; geography; country of birth duration of job search. An individual is said to be employed if he
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Q1). What does the title of this piece suggest? The title of this piece is Girl and it shows that it is related to gender or relationship. Q2). Who is the speaker? To whom is she speaking? The narrator Jamaica Kincaid. She is speaking to the male who have requested their wife to all the things like housework and take care the children. Q3). What kind of “girl” is the advice intended to produce? The girl that doesn’t capable to complete different tasks when they became the women. Since most of
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South African Unemployment The Republic of South Africa‚ while certainly taking forever to do so‚ made monumental leaps with regards to civil rights when in the early 1990s when the government repealed Apartheid legislation and had its first universal elections held in 1994. A quick look at GDP numbers and you would find that South Africa has the largest economy in Africa‚ and so without delving deep into it one might think that the economy and country have been prospering post Apartheid. After
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When I first read “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid‚ I was surprised it was in the short story section of the textbook. It is barely over one page long‚ and it is all one sentence. It reminded me of some of the prose we read in the poetry section. However‚ after reading the definition provided in the reference material‚ I can now see why it is considered a short story. There are two main elements of the definition. First‚ the story must center on “one climactic event.” The entire story of “Girl” is a mother
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