Gender Roles In Jamaica Kincaid's Girl
Judy Brady in “ I want a wife” and Jamaica Kincaid in “Girl” both analyze
women’s traditional roles, although they have different perspectives on these roles, they
both seem to have the same message: What role does a woman play in our society? In
Kincaid’s “Girl” story starts with a dialog between a mother and a daughter, in which a
mother is teaching her daughter the expectations of a woman in society.” I want a wife”
describes duties of a wife , represented in such a way to show Brady’s unsatisfying views
of unfair roles of men and a woman. Throughout history and in all cultures the role of a woman would always come …show more content…
In Kincaid’s”Girl”mother is teaching her daughter, that is
becoming a woman, how to behave like a lady. By saying “ on Sunday try to walk like a
lady and not like a slut you are so bent on becoming; don’t sing benna on Sunday
school”(p.192). Based on the passage we can conclude that “benna” is some kind of
inappropriate music, therefore a well-behaved girl is not to engage in such activity.
Another example of "this is how you iron your father’s khaki shirt so that it doesn’t
have a crease;”. With this Kincaid is telling us that a women always serves a man, first
her father as a girl , and than her husband as a married woman. In Brady’s “ I want a wife”, she is describing the role of a women in our society.
The role that didn’t change all that much since the times when a woman was expected to take
care of the house –hold only. Today women work, but they are in charged of house-holds,
children, and their husbands too. Brady’s constant use of the word “wife” all
women’s traditional roles, although they have different perspectives on these roles, they
both seem to have the same message: What role does a woman play in our society? In
Kincaid’s “Girl” story starts with a dialog between a mother and a daughter, in which a
mother is teaching her daughter the expectations of a woman in society.” I want a wife”
describes duties of a wife , represented in such a way to show Brady’s unsatisfying views
of unfair roles of men and a woman. Throughout history and in all cultures the role of a woman would always come …show more content…
In Kincaid’s”Girl”mother is teaching her daughter, that is
becoming a woman, how to behave like a lady. By saying “ on Sunday try to walk like a
lady and not like a slut you are so bent on becoming; don’t sing benna on Sunday
school”(p.192). Based on the passage we can conclude that “benna” is some kind of
inappropriate music, therefore a well-behaved girl is not to engage in such activity.
Another example of "this is how you iron your father’s khaki shirt so that it doesn’t
have a crease;”. With this Kincaid is telling us that a women always serves a man, first
her father as a girl , and than her husband as a married woman. In Brady’s “ I want a wife”, she is describing the role of a women in our society.
The role that didn’t change all that much since the times when a woman was expected to take
care of the house –hold only. Today women work, but they are in charged of house-holds,
children, and their husbands too. Brady’s constant use of the word “wife” all