Annie’s mother is her abet for being a rebellious child. ” I had to do exactly the opposite of whatever she desired of me ”(Kincaid 61) Annie goes out of her way to antagonize her mother, going against everything her mother stands for. When Annie catches sight of the red girl, she adores her because she is every spitting imagine her mother disapproves of. “but my mother tugged at me, claiming my attention; I heard her say,” Such a nice woman, to keep that girl so dirty” (Kincaid 57) The red girl was the opposite of what Annie was used to, The Red Girl represented the spark of rebellion in Annie. In addition to the red girl, marbles were a part of Annie being rebellious towards her mother “It was my mother who gave me my first marbles” (Kincaid
