RAISING DAUGHTERS
James E. Faust once said, “To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character and learn to put into practice the selfless truths taught by the Savior Himself”. Faust speaks on how in his eyes, parents should try to be less enthralled in their children’s lives in order to be “good”. The preceding proposal is directly correlative to both Amy Tan’s “Rules Of The Game” and Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” in that both mothers in the stories are faced with an issue regarding the raising of their daughters. Nowadays however, the issue of parents becoming too active …show more content…
The entirety of the story is essentially a series of do’s, don'ts, and the use of the phrase (1984), “this is how you” (Kincaid, para. 2), followed by some activity or chore. The tone of the story suggests that the mother cares a great deal for her daughter’s future and her ability to be able to do certain things. However, the mother seems to come off as overbearing, through the constant listing of things she must and must not do. The word “don’t” comes up twenty one times throughout the whole story. One can infer the mother cares so much about her daughter succeeding more than anything but like “Rules Of The Game”, the question arises of whether or not she actually truly cares for her daugher, or if she is trying to avoid any embarrassment that may come to her if her daughter fails at something she should have been taught. Besides a select line, the mother does seem to be caring more about herself than her daughter. The mother in “Girl” is not following Faust’s advice on how to be “good” at all. However, the line in which the mother does show a sliver of compassion is (1984), “this is how to love a man, and if this doesn't work there are other ways, and if they don't work don't feel too bad about giving up ” (Kincaid, para. 11). This line depicts a large tone change in the story because the mother is for once actually caring about the wellbeing of her daughter not …show more content…
As one may know, different cultures and countries do things differently. The entire population of the world does not speak the same language; we have a vast array of different ones. As is the same for raising children. The mother in Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” wishes to mold her daughter into a typical women of the time period because the United States at the time (1950s) was undergoing the age of conformity. In contrast, Ms. Jong lets her daughter have a lot more free will about things rather than shoving things down her throat like the mother in “Girl”. Although there is an instance in which the mother shows just a glimmer of compassion, for the most part, she is quite assertive mainly due to the fact the story takes place in a male dominated society in which females were supposed to act a certain way. Miriam Makeba once said, “Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their
James E. Faust once said, “To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character and learn to put into practice the selfless truths taught by the Savior Himself”. Faust speaks on how in his eyes, parents should try to be less enthralled in their children’s lives in order to be “good”. The preceding proposal is directly correlative to both Amy Tan’s “Rules Of The Game” and Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” in that both mothers in the stories are faced with an issue regarding the raising of their daughters. Nowadays however, the issue of parents becoming too active …show more content…
The entirety of the story is essentially a series of do’s, don'ts, and the use of the phrase (1984), “this is how you” (Kincaid, para. 2), followed by some activity or chore. The tone of the story suggests that the mother cares a great deal for her daughter’s future and her ability to be able to do certain things. However, the mother seems to come off as overbearing, through the constant listing of things she must and must not do. The word “don’t” comes up twenty one times throughout the whole story. One can infer the mother cares so much about her daughter succeeding more than anything but like “Rules Of The Game”, the question arises of whether or not she actually truly cares for her daugher, or if she is trying to avoid any embarrassment that may come to her if her daughter fails at something she should have been taught. Besides a select line, the mother does seem to be caring more about herself than her daughter. The mother in “Girl” is not following Faust’s advice on how to be “good” at all. However, the line in which the mother does show a sliver of compassion is (1984), “this is how to love a man, and if this doesn't work there are other ways, and if they don't work don't feel too bad about giving up ” (Kincaid, para. 11). This line depicts a large tone change in the story because the mother is for once actually caring about the wellbeing of her daughter not …show more content…
As one may know, different cultures and countries do things differently. The entire population of the world does not speak the same language; we have a vast array of different ones. As is the same for raising children. The mother in Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” wishes to mold her daughter into a typical women of the time period because the United States at the time (1950s) was undergoing the age of conformity. In contrast, Ms. Jong lets her daughter have a lot more free will about things rather than shoving things down her throat like the mother in “Girl”. Although there is an instance in which the mother shows just a glimmer of compassion, for the most part, she is quite assertive mainly due to the fact the story takes place in a male dominated society in which females were supposed to act a certain way. Miriam Makeba once said, “Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their