Mothers and daughters have different points of view about dreams in their lives. Mothers draw in their minds the kind of life their daughters will be in the future. They do not consider their expectations are far away from their daughters dreams. In this world, mothers and daughters do not conceive the same thoughts about someone future. Mothers regularly make plans towards their daughters’ lives without thinking their daughters have other plans which differ from them. There are two stories that at some points have something in common between mothers and daughters relationship: “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid and “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan. Kincaid writes about the advices a mother gives to her daughter mainly emphasizing which are the things she needs
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Some mothers educate their daughters to be experts in one thing in life such as being a good wife or a famous person. They wish their daughters make everything they say. Mothers are expert in giving instructions all the time without explaining the reason why their daughters need to do that. For example, mother says, “Wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes on Tuesday and put them on the clothesline to dry” (Kincaid 44). In others words, mother tells her daughter when and what to do with the clothes she washes. Moreover, mother does not explain why her daughter need to separate and wash the white and color clothes in two different days. Mother assumes her daughter follow her instructions no matter what. Mother also says, “this is how you sweep a corner; this is how sweep a whole house; this is how sweep a yard” (Kincaid 44). Mother explains and explains her daughter how to do the chores perfectly, but mother does not allow her daughter expresses her own opinion, if she agrees with that. Daughter pays attention to any instruction without saying nothing because she learns that is better not to be against her mother. Mother always believes she has the reason concerning the things her daughter needs to learn in her daily
Some mothers educate their daughters to be experts in one thing in life such as being a good wife or a famous person. They wish their daughters make everything they say. Mothers are expert in giving instructions all the time without explaining the reason why their daughters need to do that. For example, mother says, “Wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes on Tuesday and put them on the clothesline to dry” (Kincaid 44). In others words, mother tells her daughter when and what to do with the clothes she washes. Moreover, mother does not explain why her daughter need to separate and wash the white and color clothes in two different days. Mother assumes her daughter follow her instructions no matter what. Mother also says, “this is how you sweep a corner; this is how sweep a whole house; this is how sweep a yard” (Kincaid 44). Mother explains and explains her daughter how to do the chores perfectly, but mother does not allow her daughter expresses her own opinion, if she agrees with that. Daughter pays attention to any instruction without saying nothing because she learns that is better not to be against her mother. Mother always believes she has the reason concerning the things her daughter needs to learn in her daily