Sunday, January 27, 2008
Girl
Girl, by Jamaica Kincaid is an interesting passage. I think it shows the dialogue between a young girl and her mother, as she learns how she is supposed to behave. The girl has little say in the matter, as Kincaid reveals when the girl says she does not sing benna in Sunday school, but her mother disregards her response. This story is clearly very old fashioned and shows a time when women have a particular way of behaving and that is it. I think that is the overall message behind this passage. After all her mother has preached to the girl, the girl still thinks the baker won't let her squeeze the bread. Her mother's surprise at this question shows how ridiculous her whole spiel was. The girl might follow of these demands of her mother, but that still does not mean that she will become the woman her mother is telling her to be. Her mother shows no faith in her daughter and insists that her daughter will become a slut, despite all of the tips she is giving her.
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I really like the point you made about how the girl was saying she still might not become the women her mother wants her to be when you referenced the baker. Very good point.
Do you think the baker might be concerned about anything else rather than the girl's potential promiscuity? Why would the mother need to be so vehement about protecting her daughter's reputation?
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