Be a Good Girl
Every mother wishes her daughter to have a better life and better behaviors. Mothers have always carried raising and taking care of children on their shoulder. Mothers taught their children every basic behavior that children may need in their daily life such as, wearing proportionate clothes, using bathrooms and even cooking. Trying to prepare children to adapt to life and its problems, mothers have been giving their children a lot of instructions. Instructions can be orders when the issue is the child’s own benefit. As a normal mother, Jamaica Kincaid in the article of “Girl” has pictured a mother giving her child some instructions seeking the benefit of the child. The writer was born in the city of St. Johns, Antigua in 1949. …show more content…
However, tips might not suit the daughter’s age but, the mother wanted every single detail of her daughter to be perfect. The mother knew that the daughter could take care of herself. However, she still wants to assist her daughter as much as she could. The mother gave her daughter many instructions including all what the girl might need in her daily life. In the article, the mother told her daughter to act like a responsible adult. What is more, the mother told her daughter not to sing benna on Sundays but, she did not literally mean that. However, the song was sang by a benna singer called Thomas Joseph and it says “Maude smell donkey, she smell so funky/ Me gee she water, me gee she soap/ And she still smell funky” (Jamaica Kincaid. P: 200). However, it is almost impossible to any mother to allow her daughter to listen to this kind of songs. That also shows that she meant to tell her daughter not only to look like a lady but, even to behave like a one including listening to songs that are not appropriate for such a matter. Which might give a reason for the daughter to ignore these kind of …show more content…
Finally, the daughter replayed by asking her mothers a question. Her interaction implies two meanings for the daughter’s thinking. What is more, the mother’s instruction told that the daughter is young. She was listening politely to her mother giving daily instructions without interrupting until she had a doubt. The daughter asked “ But what if the baker won’t let me feel the bread” (Jamaica Kincaid) after the mother asked her daughter to squeeze the bread the daughter felt that all of these behaviors might not give her true love. What is more, the daughter thought that after all of these advice what if she did not get a good reward. However, the daughter could have had some doubts about her mother way of behaving which led her to ask by using what if? The mother waited her daughter to ask in order to satisfy her
Every mother wishes her daughter to have a better life and better behaviors. Mothers have always carried raising and taking care of children on their shoulder. Mothers taught their children every basic behavior that children may need in their daily life such as, wearing proportionate clothes, using bathrooms and even cooking. Trying to prepare children to adapt to life and its problems, mothers have been giving their children a lot of instructions. Instructions can be orders when the issue is the child’s own benefit. As a normal mother, Jamaica Kincaid in the article of “Girl” has pictured a mother giving her child some instructions seeking the benefit of the child. The writer was born in the city of St. Johns, Antigua in 1949. …show more content…
However, tips might not suit the daughter’s age but, the mother wanted every single detail of her daughter to be perfect. The mother knew that the daughter could take care of herself. However, she still wants to assist her daughter as much as she could. The mother gave her daughter many instructions including all what the girl might need in her daily life. In the article, the mother told her daughter to act like a responsible adult. What is more, the mother told her daughter not to sing benna on Sundays but, she did not literally mean that. However, the song was sang by a benna singer called Thomas Joseph and it says “Maude smell donkey, she smell so funky/ Me gee she water, me gee she soap/ And she still smell funky” (Jamaica Kincaid. P: 200). However, it is almost impossible to any mother to allow her daughter to listen to this kind of songs. That also shows that she meant to tell her daughter not only to look like a lady but, even to behave like a one including listening to songs that are not appropriate for such a matter. Which might give a reason for the daughter to ignore these kind of …show more content…
Finally, the daughter replayed by asking her mothers a question. Her interaction implies two meanings for the daughter’s thinking. What is more, the mother’s instruction told that the daughter is young. She was listening politely to her mother giving daily instructions without interrupting until she had a doubt. The daughter asked “ But what if the baker won’t let me feel the bread” (Jamaica Kincaid) after the mother asked her daughter to squeeze the bread the daughter felt that all of these behaviors might not give her true love. What is more, the daughter thought that after all of these advice what if she did not get a good reward. However, the daughter could have had some doubts about her mother way of behaving which led her to ask by using what if? The mother waited her daughter to ask in order to satisfy her