Being A Girl Is So HARD
How does a person become an individual? Is there really a such thing as an individual? These are rhetorical questions often asked.Growing up as a girl along with two brothers and one sister was very difficult in my household because I was always taught not to show emotions,to express oneself to withhold it as a little girl I was allowed to play with boys once reaching the age of thirteen I was not able to no more . Did not understand why I was not able to no longer ,mother never explained .In excerpt “ Girl” from Jamaica Kincaid makes a statement “Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming 329 ..”As a girl I was expected to cross my legs not sit with open.
In my childhood …show more content…
I feel like being able to play with boys or even interact with them outside of school . Which made it hard for me to understand way boys did things or to trust not have a guard up . Not being able wear flattering clothes for little such as dresses,skirts and blouses . Made me feel that it was suppose to always be that way. Eventually creating the thought that I was insecure because I enjoyed to just window shop instead of actual shopping felt like I was not good enough to wear the clothes I saw in clothing store and online stores .Also not being able to express my emotions on how some things makes me feel has over time built up a lot of emotion ,anger and thoughts that I couldn 't let out . Sharing how you felt in my household growing up basically a verbal or physical sign of weakness. I feel like the girl in the excerpt called “Girl” because the mother felt that things way things in life where was suppose to be a certain way that it wasn 't you were doing things wrong. Being raised this way has made become a strong woman to understand that everyone has there own opinions about doing things in life and that 's okay . Not being able to play with boy toys wasn 't so bad because never a desire as a little for the simple fact is that it was never interesting to me to want to.I am grateful for how my mother chose to raise things she felt like were good to be taught although I felt like wasn 't right or fair to me at times which majority of time it wasn 't I am okay with taught me how to know the distinguish the difference .
Kincaid Jamaica. “Girl” Seeing & writing 4 by Donald McQuade/Christine
How does a person become an individual? Is there really a such thing as an individual? These are rhetorical questions often asked.Growing up as a girl along with two brothers and one sister was very difficult in my household because I was always taught not to show emotions,to express oneself to withhold it as a little girl I was allowed to play with boys once reaching the age of thirteen I was not able to no more . Did not understand why I was not able to no longer ,mother never explained .In excerpt “ Girl” from Jamaica Kincaid makes a statement “Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming 329 ..”As a girl I was expected to cross my legs not sit with open.
In my childhood …show more content…
I feel like being able to play with boys or even interact with them outside of school . Which made it hard for me to understand way boys did things or to trust not have a guard up . Not being able wear flattering clothes for little such as dresses,skirts and blouses . Made me feel that it was suppose to always be that way. Eventually creating the thought that I was insecure because I enjoyed to just window shop instead of actual shopping felt like I was not good enough to wear the clothes I saw in clothing store and online stores .Also not being able to express my emotions on how some things makes me feel has over time built up a lot of emotion ,anger and thoughts that I couldn 't let out . Sharing how you felt in my household growing up basically a verbal or physical sign of weakness. I feel like the girl in the excerpt called “Girl” because the mother felt that things way things in life where was suppose to be a certain way that it wasn 't you were doing things wrong. Being raised this way has made become a strong woman to understand that everyone has there own opinions about doing things in life and that 's okay . Not being able to play with boy toys wasn 't so bad because never a desire as a little for the simple fact is that it was never interesting to me to want to.I am grateful for how my mother chose to raise things she felt like were good to be taught although I felt like wasn 't right or fair to me at times which majority of time it wasn 't I am okay with taught me how to know the distinguish the difference .
Kincaid Jamaica. “Girl” Seeing & writing 4 by Donald McQuade/Christine