Imagine being in a nursery school classroom full of all your friends. Your biggest problem is whether or not the kids around you‚ most likely the boys next to you have “cooties”. From my understanding‚ those were the best times of my life. I had no problems in the world or worries about anything. After all‚ boys go to Jupiter to get more stupid and girls go to college to get more knowledge. I would have never thought that the gender roles in this rhyme would have truth value or be the opposite. In
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‘Girl’ is an astonishing prose poem written by Jamaica Kincaid‚ this is one of the monologue that is easily imagined in a clear dramatic context. The irony of this prose poem come from the title given to it “Girl” because the girl only gets to speak two line through out the text and the rest is covered by the mother. The prose poem consists of single sentences about a mother advising her daughter about femininity‚ society‚ traditions and sexuality. Throughout the text‚ the use of single sentence
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Q1). What does the title of this piece suggest? The title of this piece is Girl and it shows that it is related to gender or relationship. Q2). Who is the speaker? To whom is she speaking? The narrator Jamaica Kincaid. She is speaking to the male who have requested their wife to all the things like housework and take care the children. Q3). What kind of “girl” is the advice intended to produce? The girl that doesn’t capable to complete different tasks when they became the women. Since most of
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Generation to generation they passed down different cultural traditions like in the article by Jamaica Kincaid "Girl". this is the way you set a table for tea‚ this how you set a table for dinner". Originally were brought up to be house wives and care takers. Their jobs were to clean‚ cook‚ do the laundry." Wash the white clothes on Monday and put them
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A Small Place The novel‚ A Small Place is about a woman named Kincaid who talks about her life growing up in Antigua and her feelings towards society both in times of the “old” Antigua and Antigua in the present time of the novel. Kincaid also talks about her feelings towards tourism‚ the exploitation and colonization of her country‚ and global stratification. In my opinion‚ this novel can relate to class discussions such as the discussion on racism and gender wars. Again‚ in my opinion I did
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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” with this quote
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“Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid is written about a girl who is being told how to behave by her mother. The mother is constantly telling her how to act. Though at times it definitely feels like the mother is scolding her‚ especially when it comes to acting like a slut. The mother keeps giving her advice that she thinks will help her daughter succeed in life. I think the mother obviously cares very much about her daughter or she would not bother giving her all this advice‚ but it comes across as over bearing
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“On Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming.” This particular line from Jamaica Kincaid’s story Girl quickly drew my attention. Most of what I had read otherwise sounded very much like what a tough mom would dictate to a young daughter. However‚ all of the slut references has me a little confused. I believe that most conversations between mothers and daughters is probably a little less abrasive and the content is more modern. However‚ the basic idea
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Ciarra Leocadio ENGL 102W 1/14/15 Response Paper The Queen is Dead Jamaica Kincaid’s critical novel‚ A Small Place‚ highlights the adverse effects of imperialism on her birthplace Antigua. Antigua became a sovereign state in 1981. However according to Kincaid‚ its yield to its colonizer‚ England‚ has yet to cease. Kincaid provides clear evidence of the natives’ high regard for everything that is English through national celebrations of the Queen’s birthday and royal visits‚ the education system
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Online‚ 2011). Jamaica Kincaid (1978) published the story “Girl” as to show her knowledge of a feminist perspective when relating to a mother’s fear of breaking traditional gender roles‚ and the tension it may cause on the mother and daughter’s relationship. The story “Girl” is a list of standards that starts out by listing a typical everyday chore‚ even in the modern day twentieth century; laundry. The narrator says “wash the white clothes on Monday and put them
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