Girl By Jamaica Kincaid Analysis
“Advice To The Young Adolescence”
Culture and knowledge can distribute many positive outcomes to a person’s life and this outcome should be shared not just around friends but around neighborhoods. Whenever one is faced with a situation and reality, it is quite natural to feel uneasy not knowing what to do during a tough situation. For example, someone can have a hard situation in life and at that moment they don’t have the experience to think of good advice that people with knowledge suggested. Things can really fall out of hand and in that situation they can reflect who they are and regret not listening to people with knowledge. People with knowledge and experience can be a positive influence towards people that need the help and advice they need for a better future.
Jamaica Kincaid in her story “Girl” explains how a mother gives her knowledge towards her daughter to save her life from violence and promiscuity. The mother advices her to be careful from any dangers in the world even though her daughter doesn’t seem to have reached the adolescence stage. She believes that a woman’s reputation or respectability …show more content…
Bienna is part of the Antiguans culture which identifies spreading rumors and gossiping under the uncomprehending British people’s noses. Singing bienna is sinful so her mother advises her not to sing. Even though there is a lack of information about the daughter not having any thoughts about benna like her mother, she still focuses on her being a great women and being respectful towards herself and the community. The mother also advices her how to love any man: “ this is how to love a man, and if this doesn’t work there are other ways” (57). This quote is highly important because the mother explains how you should love men. If there is love involved in the community, there will be respect and love one another. The mother teaches respectability
Culture and knowledge can distribute many positive outcomes to a person’s life and this outcome should be shared not just around friends but around neighborhoods. Whenever one is faced with a situation and reality, it is quite natural to feel uneasy not knowing what to do during a tough situation. For example, someone can have a hard situation in life and at that moment they don’t have the experience to think of good advice that people with knowledge suggested. Things can really fall out of hand and in that situation they can reflect who they are and regret not listening to people with knowledge. People with knowledge and experience can be a positive influence towards people that need the help and advice they need for a better future.
Jamaica Kincaid in her story “Girl” explains how a mother gives her knowledge towards her daughter to save her life from violence and promiscuity. The mother advices her to be careful from any dangers in the world even though her daughter doesn’t seem to have reached the adolescence stage. She believes that a woman’s reputation or respectability …show more content…
Bienna is part of the Antiguans culture which identifies spreading rumors and gossiping under the uncomprehending British people’s noses. Singing bienna is sinful so her mother advises her not to sing. Even though there is a lack of information about the daughter not having any thoughts about benna like her mother, she still focuses on her being a great women and being respectful towards herself and the community. The mother also advices her how to love any man: “ this is how to love a man, and if this doesn’t work there are other ways” (57). This quote is highly important because the mother explains how you should love men. If there is love involved in the community, there will be respect and love one another. The mother teaches respectability