“Girl” By Jamaica Kincaid starts off with the girl listening to her mother who’s advising on life and becoming a woman. From the daughter point of view I can see the mom is very harsh, angry and frustrated with her because she believes her daughter is going down the road towards promiscuity and wants to prevent that. The mom is very wise and knows how to clean and cook as well as knowing social decorum, in which she’s trying to instill that in her daughter at an early age. I think her mother already been through some of these situations and know that she may encounter some of these situations and is preparing her for that. Although the mom is vey strict and demanding on her and she’s caring and loving towards her daughter and only want the best for her. The mother wants her daughter to be a well-respected woman.
The girl mom was is trying to give her advice to survive and what is to be …show more content…
At the same time the mother pass judgment on her daughter for some poor feelings previously castoff. “On Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming; don’t sing benna in Sunday school; you mustn’t speak to wharf-rat boys, not even to give directions” (Kincaid 810.) The mother is afraid that her daughter will be promiscuous and not respect herself. She wants to guide her on the right path and make sure that she takes heed to what she is saying. Whatsoever reasons the mother is fearful and concerned for her daughter personality and future. The mother lectures and the daughter heeds. Reading this text I can tell that the setting of the story takes place in the Caribbean’s when the narrator use word like “benna,” benna is a calypso-like
The girl mom was is trying to give her advice to survive and what is to be …show more content…
At the same time the mother pass judgment on her daughter for some poor feelings previously castoff. “On Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming; don’t sing benna in Sunday school; you mustn’t speak to wharf-rat boys, not even to give directions” (Kincaid 810.) The mother is afraid that her daughter will be promiscuous and not respect herself. She wants to guide her on the right path and make sure that she takes heed to what she is saying. Whatsoever reasons the mother is fearful and concerned for her daughter personality and future. The mother lectures and the daughter heeds. Reading this text I can tell that the setting of the story takes place in the Caribbean’s when the narrator use word like “benna,” benna is a calypso-like