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    Melissa Rodriguez English 102- Section 0232 Essay #1 22 October 2014 Fear in a Relationship The short story of “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid is about a mother and her relationship with her daughter. It is a harsh one sided conversation between the narrator and her mother‚ with the mother doing all the talking. The story gives a rich description of what her mother expects from her in all aspects of her life‚ from chores‚ to how she plays‚ to what she sings in church. From each line you see the viewpoint

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    Girl‚ a narrative written by Jamaica Kincaid‚ is a short story written in a dialogue style and stream of consciousness narration. The speaker is an authoritative female figure who teaches a girl about traditional living and the obligations of a girl to society. The narrative is basically one large sentence. Its ideas are separated by semicolons instead of the usual periods. Jamaica Kincaid’s short biography found in www.english.emory.edu by Vanessa Pupello: “Jamaica Kincaid was born in 1949 as Elaine

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    According to Jamaica Kincaid a tourist is an ugly human being in a few ways. One way in which a tourist is an ugly human being is in the way in which a tourist perceives the place in which he is in. A tourist is an ugly human being due to his/her differences and also indifference to the situation going on at the place where he/she chooses to travel. Ugly in the way that they take no pity‚ or choose not to realize that their momentary fantasy world is an ugly truth for the natives of that particular

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    Commodification of Caribbean Culture in Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place “If you go to Antigua as a tourist‚ this is what you will see. If you come by aeroplane‚ you will land at the V. C. Bird International Airport. Vere Cornwall (V.C.) Bird is the Prime Minister of Antigua. You may be the sort of tourist who would wonder why a Prime Minister would want an airport named after him – why not a school‚ why not a hospital‚ why not some great public monument?” (3) Jamaica Kincaid begins her novel “A Small Place”

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    If by Rudyard Kipling‚ and Girl by Jamaica Kincaid‚ are two texts about parents giving their kids advice about the real world. In Girl a mom is writing to her daughter about specific rules she needs to follow in the real world to become a successful women. In If a father is telling his son about basic rules he can follow. The Two texts might sound the same‚ but they are also different. In both texts “If” and “Girl” they both have a similar topic that is they are both getting advice from their parents

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    In Bernard Rodgers’ criticism of Jamaica Kincaid’s novel‚ Annie John‚ he points out the relationship Annie had with her mother growing up. He mentions how in the beginning‚ Annie loved being with her mother and doing things with her like taking baths‚ shopping‚ cooking‚ and just following her around and observing the things she did all day (Rodgers). Also‚ Rodgers reveals the change that took place in the relationship between Annie and her mother when she became an adolescent‚ around the age of

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    Jamaica Kincaid’s Main Female Protagonists‚ Their Personalities and Relationships in Novels Lucy and Annie John Every person’s character is created and formed in background the person grows up in‚ and is influenced by everything that surrounds him or her‚ like friends‚ teachers‚ television and other media‚ and of course‚ family. And if our person is a female‚ the strongest influence always comes from her mother and their relationship‚ and this is clearly visible in Jamaica Kincaid’s novels‚ where

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    And Then It All Died In Jamaica Kincaid’s short story‚ “On Seeing England for the First Time‚” reality and idea are distinguished. More often than not‚ the idea of something is and it’s reality are not compatible‚ and we see this kind of discovery most often when growing up‚ and when comparing my idea of adulthood with the reality‚ I feel the same kind of resentment Kincaid has towards England. Jamaica Kincaid does an excellent job building up her expectations of England and then showing the disappointment

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    After reading Jamaica Kincaid’s “On Seeing England for the First Time” it’s evident that Kincaid’s life revolved around the English. Jamaica Kincaid grew up like one of the English from eating huge portions for breakfast‚ to her father buying the same hat that was “Made in England”‚ but what really stood out was Kincaid’s street name: John Hawkins. Kincaid’s grew up in St.Johns Antigua‚ Ovals where there were five streets “each of them named after a famous English seaman…” her street was John Hawkins

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    However‚ A while back‚ being a women was the toughest job.Women were just typical housewives who had to take care of her family and sometimes they had to self-sacrifice because she worries how the society will view her. In “The Girl‚” the writer Jamaica Kincaid shows how a mother is training her daughter to get ready for adulthood. As she describes in the story‚ mother is being very controlling to her daughter. where women have to act and dress properly‚ set the dinner table right‚ how to smile at the

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