In the short story, “Girl” written by Jamaica Kincaid, the delivery of the story reflects a mother, with her own past experiences and control of being a female in her time and tradition, gives guidance to her daughter in an altered world, to berate her daughter’s current ways and modern day outlook on society and its culture. The author creates a “how to” structure for the way females are supposed to act, dress, and their expected jobs and responsibilities; or at the least the way she feels daughter in the short story should take in such manners. All through the story, tradition is stressed, for example the mother describing to her daughter how to prepare Caribbean food, in the old fashioned way like she was taught. The tone while reading
