In the story, “Girl” written by Jamaica Kincaid reflect that of a mother, who by her own past experiences and repression of being a women during her time guides to chasten her daughter to modern ways and current social views. The author from the beginning lets us know how women should behave, dress, and their expected duties; or at least the way she feels the daughter in this story should retain such etiquette. The main theme is that the mother is letting her daughter know how to be a ladylike. The mother warns her daughter so many times not to be a slut or at least not act like one. Her mother doesn’t want her daughter to be living that lifestyle and it emphasizes by telling her how to dress properly. As it states in the poem, “this
