In the story, so I ain’t no good girl-By Sharon Flake, I felt that the author expressed a very realistic scene brought by the author. The character has problems with the other characters at her bus-stop. A girl at her bus-stop has problems with the other girls, she hates them, especially the red-haired; gray-eyed girl that’s always with them, because she always has good grades and is the teacher’s pet.
A bus stop scene seemed almost too realistic to me, because lots of bad things can happen at a bus-stop: You can get bullied, or somebody might want to get in a fight with you, etc. The character went chasing down the street the other girls, with her fists balled up. Now that’s a realistic scene.
This scene took place on a bus-stop. The scene could’ve
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I guess he wasn’t on the mood to be with his girlfriend. Because Raheem kept pushing her away from him, “supposedly” he was busy and things to do. Plus, the girl sometimes skipped school, just to be with him. He got mad at her because he never asked her to skip school to be with him. Some girls get jealous when they see her with Raheem, he has been her boyfriend for two years and he is her third boyfriend. In the end, the character handled the situation at the bus-stop when she saw her boyfriend. When she was chasing the girls down the street, she saw her boyfriend walking down the street and she forgot about what just happened in the last few seconds, then she went to be with her boyfriend. In the end, the character handled this situation at the bus-stop when she saw her boyfriend (Raheem). Moments before, she was chasing down the street some girls that were also at her bus-stop, she was chasing down the street some girls that were also at her bus-stop. But when she saw her boyfriend walking down the street, she forgot all about what just happened and went to hang out with
Anna learns that she can’t trust anybody and when she does it comes back to make her regret it. While being strong before going in and meeting somebody as they are doing may be harder than anything else in somebody else’s life, in Anna’s it’s just the beginning of what she has ahead. She may be with this person for 3 days or for 2 weeks before they pass and she then has to deal with the loss and move on to the next one.
The short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid was a bittersweet warning from a mother to her daughter. The reader is experiencing the viewpoint of the protagonist through the soliloquy of her mother’s instructions that batter her like bugs smacking the
Though this book is written from a young girl’s point of view, even in the first hundred pages there are various forms of
The Story, “So I Ain’t No Good Girl”, was written by Sharon Flake, I felt that she provides a very selfish character that affects the story. The girl has the cutest boy in school. When he looks at another girl, she gets mad and starts yelling at him. Then they calm down and are now laughing and talking. After that one of the good girl, the redheaded one comes back to our side of our street; she looks his way and smiles- just a little.
In the short story “Girl”, by Jamaica Kincaid is told from the perspective of two different people. There is a bonding relationship that is happening between the two people in this short story. The mother seems to be the main character in this essay uses a very strict tone to her daughter. The daughter is being told about how to do things in her life the correct way. The daughter barely speaks during this essay, she is doing more analyzing than arguing with her mother. When the mother gives the daughter advise she was trying to give her words of wisdom. But, at the same time, some of the ideas the mother gave to her child was offensive like “slut”. The mother has different perspectives throughout this essay with a lot of different
Every individual struggle with self-acceptance at some point in their life, furthermore, every individual chooses to exemplify their struggle to accept themselves in different methods. In the short story “Boys and Girls” Alice Munro focuses on the narration of a girl, in which girls are underappreciated in the society. The protagonist in the story cannot accept who she is, and it makes it harder for her as other individuals do not accept who she wishes to be. The author demonstrates this through the character’s external motivations. As the story is written in third person limited readers understand the girl’s personal thoughts and how she is internally conflicted about who she is. She feels underappreciated for the work that she provides which influences her to be disobedient to others around her. Alice Munroe’s short story “Boys and Girls” demonstrates to readers that individuals struggle for self-acceptance through the expression of their external and internal motivations. Because of their motivations, individuals feel rebellious against their self-conscience.
As the girl continues on to grow up she is continually facing challenges with her confidence and thus affecting her emotionally and physically. For instance, one of the line states that “ she went to
Following this suggestion, the police officer backs off and wishes them safe travels. Chris then tells Rose that it was ‘hot’ the way she stood up for him to the racist policeman as they continue to drive to her parents’ home. The behavior of the police officer fits the narrative as told by role schema.
In order to properly view a story from a feminist perspective, it is important that the reader fully understands what the feminist perspective entails. “There are many feminist perspectives, and each perspective uses different approaches to analyze and interpret texts. One is that gender is “socially constructed” and another is that power is distributed unequally on the basis of sex, race, and ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, ability, sexuality, and economic class status” (South University Online, 2011, para. 1). The story “Girl” is an outline of the things young girls
Many times throughout history it has been shown that people are shaped and molded into what society calls, “perfect people.” Jamaica Kincaid is the author of the short story titled, “Girl.” In her story there are two characters, an authoritative mother and her young daughter. Throughout the story, the mother expects so much of her daughter in various ways. She teaches her how to cook, what to wear, how to behave, and many other attributes she views to be significant for her daughter’s role in society. Kincaid elaborates the theme of how to be the “ideal,” or “flawless” woman in a society, along with being respected through the literary elements of diction, imagery, and mood.
For a reader in 2017 “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid might seems very surreal and harsh as a story; mostly because of the very grating and mean language that is used when the mother is talking. The mother’s heartless language makes is really uncomfortable even though at the end of the day, she speaks nothing but love into her daughter’s life. She is giving her daughter social and family teachings, sharing with her the cultural and social values that will help her girl to have a peaceful and respected household and a happy life.
. Even if they weren’t doing anything they weren’t board as if they had the feed and did nothing
The steady hum of the car’s engine seemed all too real. “I’m so proud of you two!” The voice of a woman called, a pair of deep brown sunglasses resting on her pale forehead. A barrage of giggles and laughter came from the backseat of two young children, both eight years old. Their knees both scarred and faces smudged with dirt. Their soccer uniforms were both equally dirty, but it didn’t matter. The two of them had won the soccer championship. The one sitting behind the woman, a girl with light indigo hair tossed into a ponytail, began to speak. “Mom, can Kageshi spend the night?” She called, pulling on her seatbelt to peer over the passenger seat. “Not today, Rokumaru,” her mother replied, not glancing back at her. “You two need a break and surely his parents would want to congratulate him.” The woman’s husband added. Maru had her lips in a tight pout as she sat back, crossing her arms. The boy next to her, the one named Kageshi and with messy dark brown hair, put a hand on her shoulder. “No need to be all mad, Maru.” He then grinned. “We have all the time in the world
“Girl” is a short story in which the author, Jamaica Kincaid, unofficially presents the stereotypes of girls in the mid 1900s. Kincaid includes two major characters in the story “Girl”, they are the mother and the girl. Although the daughter only asks two questions in this story, she is the major character. The mother feels like her daughter is going in the wrong direction and not making the best decisions in her life. The whole story is basically the mother telling her daughter what affects her decisions will have in the future. The mother believes that because her daughter isn’t sitting, talking, cleaning, walking or singing correctly it will lead her to a path of destruction. “Girl” is a reflection of female sexuality, the power of family, and how family can help overcome future dangers.
When Allie reads this in the newspaper, all her feelings for Noah returned. Confused, Allie decided to go back home. Allie wanted and needed to see this house. While in the town, Noah sees Allie from a store window. Noah is in shock, wants her back. Allie shows up to the house he renovated and can’t believe her eyes. After all these years and separation, Noah made the house exactly has he had promised her. It is evident she feels the same way, but she now has a fiancé. Allie decides to spend the days with Noah and this time became as it was when they were teenagers. Noah wants forever, Allie is confused because she is to be married soon. Noah asks her to stay with him but she can’t. Noah tells Allie that he stills loves her, he never stopped. Noah asks "What do you want?" Allie repeatedly cries, “I don’t know”, but he does not take this as an answer. Noah does not want to lose her for a second time. Allie screams she has to go and tells him this is not right, she is about to be married. Allie leaves Noah and heads back to the hotel. Now Allie is confused and has to decide which love she wants. Noah stops reading the notebook and Allies memories fade after a few minutes again. Allie doesn’t know who the man that is sitting next to her and starts screaming for help. A nurse runs in the room to help her and asks Noah to please leave and to stop reading to her, this will not help.