Daughters

She is telling her daughter what to do and how to do it.“Girl” is more complex than a simple list of instructions and how-to’s. In Kincaid’s work, she dives deeply into the perspective of a young woman living in a poor country during the late 1970s as well as the girl’s mother’s perspective. Kincaid’s instructions go from basic house management to social etiquette and how to do well in life as a woman. Essentially, this short story shows the mother as an instructor and the daughter as a…

What is one key way housework is a political issue, according to the author? Reading this article was déjà vu! Wow! - who has been spying in on my home? I thought the clever ways my husband gets out of doing household chores was that of his creative thinking. There must be an instruction manual for men to manipulate their wives. According to the author one key way housework is a political issue is the fact that women are expected to do the housework. The state of the house is a direct reflection…

MAGIC!, and the parody by Benji, and Jenna Cowart are, age, the tone, and what the father wants for the daughter. In “Rude” by MAGIC the lead singer of the band was in his early 30s when the song was released. He wrote it about him wanting to marry a…

a mother’s list of rules that her daughter must obey in order to be accepted in society. Having no knowledge about what culture or time period this was, the reader can understand about how a woman must portray herself to the outside world. The reading also concentrates on a variety of issues including gender, social class, and feminist criticism between mother and daughter. Also, the reader can easily identify that the story is about a mother telling her daughter how to become a traditional…

section, and they often include “Chinese-worries” that are faced in America by the mothers and daughters. In the first section, “Feathers from a Thousand Li Away,” the main theme is the relationship between the mother and daughters of the Joy Luck Club. In the first chapter, Suyuan had to leave everything behind in China as she was escaping from Kweilin. Suyuan’s was also never able to reunite with her daughters due to her death from “a cerebral aneurysm.” The mothers of the Joy Luck Club…

expectations for their daughters, which influences and shapes the daughters’ personalities similar to their own. In Waverly’s story, “Rules of the Game,” Waverly starts to competitively play chess, which she excels at. After winning a tournament, she receives a trophy and a plastic chess set. “As [Lindo, Waverly’s mother] wiped down each piece with a soft cloth, she said, ‘Next time win more, lose less.’” (Tan 97). While she is cleaning the gift that Waverly received, Lindo tells her daughter…

Jamaica Kincaid. The name Jamaica comes from her Caribbean country Jamaica, Kincaid because it sounded good with Jamaica. Kincaid was born on May 25, 1949 (Stone 326). She grew up in Antigua and focuses most of her stories on West Indian mother, daughter relationships. Her short story, “Girl,” is a close relationship to her childhood experiences with her mother. At the age of sixteen, Kincaid moved to America (Kincaid, A to Z 161). She started working as a receptionist and studied photography…

and a pastoral counselor at Faithful Central Bible Church, explains that daughters long for something they cannot articulate— the need for a father, for his love “defines [her] femininity, shapes her character, affirms her identity, and validates her womanhood” (Robinson 120). A father’s paternal obligation is to nurture and care for his daughter’s emotional needs, when this innate paternal duty is neglected, the daughters emotional capacity becomes muffled by a loud inner voice that tells she…

Me? I mean these women are my daughters and yet they have denied me the chance to speak at their weddings. I am their father for god sake! Is it because I refused to allow Bianca to marry before Kate? It couldn’t be? Could it? I am good-hearted and generous toward my two daughters, providing lavishing expensive books and lessons upon them both. This decision had to be of Kate’s. I do love her, but she is so extremely strong-willed, saying whatever she thinks and expressing whatever she feels,…

Amy Tan 's story “Two Kinds” is about a mother who brings her child to America to offer her a better life. The goal of the mother bringing her child to America is to allow her daughter the chance to be destined for greatness, even if it means having her daughter try out every opportunity to find out where her greatness might be hiding. “Two Kinds” written by Amy Tan, shows that mothers always know what is best for their children even if it means giving up their life in another country to come to…