`GIRL`

Running Head : Girl

Girl by Jamacia Kincaid

Girl by Jamacia Kincaid

A

I read Girl first and I felt that the mother as a nagging soul who was hard on her daughter . I thought that the advice that she gave her was useful in her culture , yet she just gave her so much information at once . I believed that the mother was pushing her daughter toward becoming a bad person because she kept repeating that she knew her daughter would become a slut . People will live up to the standards that

br are expected of them , and I worried that the character would finally become a slut since her mother felt she would become one . However , when I listened to the monologue , I was shocked . I realized that it was humorous and tongue in cheek . It was a much better piece when I heard it read aloud

B

The mother is wanting to make sure that her daughter is well prepared for life , and she is convinced that the daughter will not figure out what to do in life if she does not tell her time and time again . This allows the mother the sense of being important to her daughter . The daughter is typical of young people in that she is only half listening She is thinking Here we go again ' I feel that she sees her mother as a nagging person even though she loves her

References

Kincaid , J . Girl . Turkshead Review . Retrieved October 2 , 2008 from

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