Girl (short story)

"Girl" is a short story by Kincaid of Jamaica, which is included in "The River Bottom" (1983). It appeared in the "New Yorker" magazine on June 26, 1978.

This story is a list of doing things and a list of ways to execute sentences containing 650 conversations. It is characterized by what a girl has heard from her mother. The story is mainly done in the second person. The girl heard the instructions of her mother and the behavior her mother tried to plant herself. You can see that the mother is trying to give some advice to the girl and how she should handle her life and everyday work. We can speculate that her mother could have obtained this language from someone from before. This is considered to be the way the mother talked when she was a little girl. In this story, her mother's voice sounds a bit convincing, and when she speaks girls can become "skulls". For example, in a short story, the mother said, "We tried to walk like a woman instead of a curse like you on Sunday." To some of her daughter's beliefs culture, mother wants her to live. Mother always reminds her daughter how to become a "perfect" woman to adapt to the society in which she lives. [2] Furthermore, the insensitivity and behavior that mothers have for their daughters is directly related to the relationship between female obligations and men.

Like most Kinkaid's works, "girls" are based on the relationship of growth between her and her mother. Jamaica Kinkade also revealed in an interview that the background of this short story happened in Antigua. [3]

The theme of "girl" is a conflict between mother and daughter. In this story, mother continues teaching her daughter how to become a perfect woman in society. As the story continues, the instructions of the mother become more strict. Every time her daughter tells us a strange thing, she will repeat to her mother.

Jamaican Kinkade's short story "Girl" (1978) can catch a glimpse of the relationship between the girl and her mother. She represents Kinkaid when she was young. The story shows that in this relationship, the mother is trying to specify what she thinks is suitable for women. She wants to impose these behaviors on girls (Kincaid). Furthermore, it is clear that girls are subject to these prescribed actions. This austerity situation is the result of behavior that mothers dominate girls. Taking into account the background of Kincaid and the cultural keywords used, the short story emphasizes how several generations have crossed certain cultural features. In this respect, the story focuses on the importance of family relations in shaping individual actions.

JAMAICA KIN "Girl" is a short story but it is actually a long sentence, it is only one paragraph of a series of dependent clauses and independent clauses separated by semicolons. The story's details provide insight into the relationship between young girls and her judgment and domineering CAID's mother. The story point of view is rare and effective: the story consists of a list of recommendations from mother to daughter. The cumulative effect of this list is how mothers try to shape every aspect of their daughter's life ("Wash white clothes on Monday ... soak the salt overnight before you cook" You can not talk to the dock - a mouse boy ... this is how to sew buttons ... this is how your okra grows. In this list, Kincaid uses a technique similar to conscious flow Use and present a series of mothers through daughter's consciousness.

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