The girl cannot comprehend society’s unwritten rules of inequality and her job as a female. The girl exhibits malevolent resentment towards her mother’s lackluster life and work, often dismissing the “hot dark kitchen” as "dreary and peculiarly depressing". Despite her mother’s love and care, the girl greatly undermines her mother’s significance in her life, often criticizing her pale, “out of place” complexion. Whenever the girl is asked to help the father with a task, the girl happily and obediently abides. By aligning herself with her father, the girl feels secure in the male sphere of influence and inclines towards the power and knowledge the father has. The juxtaposition between the father’s “ritualistically important” jobs and her mother’s “endless” chores, symbolizes the emerging conflict between societal expectation and her own desires. Through the girl’s inner turmoil, her conflicting perceptions allows her to recognize the complexity of society and prejudice towards women, ultimately leading to her loss of
The girl cannot comprehend society’s unwritten rules of inequality and her job as a female. The girl exhibits malevolent resentment towards her mother’s lackluster life and work, often dismissing the “hot dark kitchen” as "dreary and peculiarly depressing". Despite her mother’s love and care, the girl greatly undermines her mother’s significance in her life, often criticizing her pale, “out of place” complexion. Whenever the girl is asked to help the father with a task, the girl happily and obediently abides. By aligning herself with her father, the girl feels secure in the male sphere of influence and inclines towards the power and knowledge the father has. The juxtaposition between the father’s “ritualistically important” jobs and her mother’s “endless” chores, symbolizes the emerging conflict between societal expectation and her own desires. Through the girl’s inner turmoil, her conflicting perceptions allows her to recognize the complexity of society and prejudice towards women, ultimately leading to her loss of