The story Girl and speech Ain’t I a woman by Jamaica Kincaid and Sojourner Truth are very different but, similar. As stated being different, Girl by Kincaid is a story about a mother telling her daughter about how a proper woman. Then in Ain’t i a woman by Truth it is a speech about women's rights. One would realize that the similarity would not come clear until analyzed. After analyzing the paper one would see some of their idea would be men’s perspective of women, women’s intellect and how hard-working women really are.
First of all both talks about women but, how men view women. In Ain’t i a woman by Truth women looks weak, fragile and have everywhere being the best place. Stating from this quote "How women should be carry over ditches, be helped into carriages and always have the best place everywhere". Then in Girl by Kincaid the girl mother pretty much told her do what i tell you and you would get a man and not become a slut. As the story says " On Sundays try to walk like a woman and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming… This is how to hem a dress when you see the hem coming down and to prevent yourself from looking like the slut you are so bent on …show more content…
Interpreting what Truth says was just because you're a smarter person that does not mean that you're more of a human than i am, and if we the negro are really not that intelligence wouldn't you let us have the little rights we do have. Coming from the quote " then they talk about this thing in the head; what’s is that they call? [ member of audience whispers, intellect] that’s it, honey…" On the other had in Kincaid story one can interpret she saying that a woman isn't smart enough to take care of her own and that she needs a man to take care of her. Taking that interpretation from this quote "this is how to love a man, and if this doesn't work there are other ways, and if they don’t work don't feel too bad about giving
First of all both talks about women but, how men view women. In Ain’t i a woman by Truth women looks weak, fragile and have everywhere being the best place. Stating from this quote "How women should be carry over ditches, be helped into carriages and always have the best place everywhere". Then in Girl by Kincaid the girl mother pretty much told her do what i tell you and you would get a man and not become a slut. As the story says " On Sundays try to walk like a woman and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming… This is how to hem a dress when you see the hem coming down and to prevent yourself from looking like the slut you are so bent on …show more content…
Interpreting what Truth says was just because you're a smarter person that does not mean that you're more of a human than i am, and if we the negro are really not that intelligence wouldn't you let us have the little rights we do have. Coming from the quote " then they talk about this thing in the head; what’s is that they call? [ member of audience whispers, intellect] that’s it, honey…" On the other had in Kincaid story one can interpret she saying that a woman isn't smart enough to take care of her own and that she needs a man to take care of her. Taking that interpretation from this quote "this is how to love a man, and if this doesn't work there are other ways, and if they don’t work don't feel too bad about giving