problems in the world or worries about anything. After all‚ boys go to Jupiter to get more stupid and girls go to college to get more knowledge. I would have never thought that the gender roles in this rhyme would have truth value or be the opposite. In today’s society‚ woman and girls are put under a lot of pressure to look a certain way‚ act a certain way‚ and to perform certain tasks. The balance between showing confidence with their bodies and promiscuity is very hard to achieve especially for
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Reader Response to “Girl” As I began reading “Girl‚” by Jamaica Kincaid‚ it seemed to be some sort of guide on how to live. It seemed to be repetitive and boring. I was not expecting for it to become one of the most intriguing stories I have ever read. It ended up being very easy to connect to‚ especially as a girl. I feel as if I am always being told how I need to act as a girl. How I need to be “ladylike” and how I need to learn to cook. For example‚ in the story it says “soak salt fish
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#1 22 October 2014 Fear in a Relationship The short story of “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid is about a mother and her relationship with her daughter. It is a harsh one sided conversation between the narrator and her mother‚ with the mother doing all the talking. The story gives a rich description of what her mother expects from her in all aspects of her life‚ from chores‚ to how she plays‚ to what she sings in church. From each line you see the viewpoint of how her mother sees the world‚ what is proper
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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 have reached the adolescence stage. She believes that a woman’s reputation or respectability
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What would happen if the world was filled with men’s only. Just imagine? Most of the families in the world is run by men’s(father) in compare to women’s (mother)‚ as most of the people think that women are more weaker and less talented than men. There are some families in the world run by women(mother) but most of them may be either single parent or they might have adopted children. I belong to a developing nation(Nepal) and in my country‚ I have seen most of the families are run by the men‚ I have
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The poems‚ “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid‚ and “If” by Rudyard Kipling‚ are very similar. The texts are also very different in many ways. Here are some details that show why these texts are similar and different. First off‚ “Girl” and “If” have a few similarities. Furthermore‚ “Girl” and “If” have a parent telling them what to do and how to do it. They both also have a parent trying to help their son or daughter. For instance‚ both poems show that the parents saying “This is how…” or “Try to…” which is
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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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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’ is an astonishing prose poem written by Jamaica Kincaid‚ this is one of the monologue that is easily imagined in a clear dramatic context. The irony of this prose poem come from the title given to it “Girl” because the girl only gets to speak two line through out the text and the rest is covered by the mother. The prose poem consists of single sentences about a mother advising her daughter about femininity‚ society‚ traditions and sexuality. Throughout the text‚ the use of single sentence
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perform their duty‚ then they are not seen as real woman. Jamaica Kincaid’s poem “Girl” describes a young girl reciting the advice her mother gives her advice to be a respectable woman in society‚ take care of herself‚ and how to keep up her household once she is married. In the implied patriarchal society that they are in‚ the importance of feminine roles become the basis of how they will be perceived in their society. The narrator’s mother also has implications to the importance of sexual purity
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