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    Time has changed‚ as the story of "Girl" was written by the mother‚ as well as community‚ keep on hold women back from having the opportunity to be free‚ because of the judge without fear or down is shown in the history of "Girl"‚ which was written by Jamaica Kincaid in 1978. The double standard "rule‚ or that it is unjust to apply the different people or groups" The world continues to develop even double standards between men and women has yet to be reconstructed. Domestic contact take central

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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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    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 today’s society‚ woman and girls are put under a lot of pressure to look a certain way‚ act a certain way‚ and to perform certain tasks. The balance between showing confidence with their bodies

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    1.Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” is a daughter’s mimicry of how her mother tells her to perform housekeeping and other sensitive topics for proper behavior. Because of the content and demanding tone‚ do you find the mother abusive and demeaning‚ or is something else going on? The mother seems to be abusive‚ demeaning and cold. Her tone throughout the story is critical and commanding. The way she talks to her daughter makes me feel as if there were no warm feelings in their relationship. The mother gives

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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 on

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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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    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 is about the same. Young girls are a much less likely to take in barked orders like what is read in Girl considering

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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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    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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    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 one you like and so on. She points out by giving a list of the chores and how to behave in the story.While reading this short story‚ readers would find that back in the days girls were being pressured

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