The Girl With Only Two Arms And Two Legs Literary Analysis

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

In “Only Daughter,” published in Glamour magazine in 1990, Sandra Cisneros talks about how it’s like for her to be the only daughter in a Mexican-American family of six sons. She talks about some of the struggles she faces. Sandra is a writer. A writer who wants her dad to be curious about her writing. He never bothers to ask what she’s writing. When they’d ask her father how many children's he has, he’d respond with “I have seven sons.” The mention of only sons, not a daugher. This proved to her he was only proud of his sons but not her. According to him she’d also have to go to college but only to find a husband. A man who will take her out of poorness. Since, according to Sandra that's why her dad thought college was important for her. He didn't care about her major. Sandra Cisneros is a writer who didn’t have the attention she was meant to receive. Towards the end she finally gets the attention she desired. She translated one of her pieces into Spanish, the only language her dad could read. That's how it gained the attention of her father. When her dad finally reads her story, it fills her with joy. At first she didn't get any attention from her dad at all, because she’s a girl. Sandra Cisneros makes a great argument on her life being full of loneliness. Although, she only talks about her perspective on things. In this article she only talks about her side of the story, and her side only. Sandra talks about how her life was as being the only girl out of seven children.

In Jamaica Kincaid’s short story “Girl,” the narration of a mother lecturing her daughter with sharp, commanding diction and unusual syntax, both affect the evolution of a scornful tone, that her daughter’s behavior will eventually lead her to a life of promiscuity that will affect the way people perceive her and respect her within her social circle. As well as the fact that it emphasizes expectations for young women to conform to a certain feminine ideal of domesticity as a social norm during this time and the danger of female sexuality.

The short story “I Stand Here Ironing” (1961) by Tillie Olsen is a touching narration of a mother trying to understand and at the same time justifying her daughter’s conduct. Frye interprets the story as a “meditation of a mother reconstructing her daughter’s past in an attempt to express present behavior” (Frye 287). An unnamed person has brought attention and concern to her mother expressing, “‘She’s a youngster who needs help and whom I’m deeply interested in helping’” (Olsen 290). Emily is a nineteen-year-old complex girl who is atypical, both physically and in personality.

“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.

To begin with, many literary devices were used in the book The Help, Girl in the Green Sweater, and To Kill a Mockingbird. However, in the three books, theme was the most used device that recurred, without any questions. The theme that is acquired in each book would definitely be the racism and discrimination which takes places in the stories and the year they occur in. Also, the discriminated race that is treated unfairly in the Girl in the Green Sweater, are jews, while in To Kill a Mockingbird and The Help, the discriminated group are the African Americans.

The lyric poem, “I wish I were her Nubian Girl” is about a man describing his desires. The word “Nubian” from the title means to be a servant, which they were commonly known as in ancient Egypt. Because it is a lyric poem, it can be interpreted in several different ways. In the opening two lines of the poem, the author begins with repeating the title of the poem, which can exemplify its importance and meaning. “I wish I were her Nubian girl, one to attend her (bosom companion)”. The speaker, who is assumed to be a man because he wants to be in her service, and refers to himself as a Nubian, explicits his obsession. He is in awe and in love of the landscape that he is admiring, and decides not to approach her. But, the speaker also confuses the reader but calling her “Confidante” (3), which means a well trusted woman friend. This twists his claim around because he is in love with this woman, yet calls her a friend.

In conclusion, the three most important themes to me in the story, abuse, fear, and karma are what made the story so good. He abuses her, she has fear, that he pokes fun at, and he is punished for his actions. Her greatest fear saved her from enduring anymore abuse from

The story relates to today’s society by showing true beauty comes from within. Cinderilla gets treated badly but remains to have a good heart which defines her beauty. Cinderilla had several great qualities. For example, she cared for her sisters regardless of how unfair or hateful they were towards her. That proves how good of a person she was despite the challenges she faced. This

In both stories “Girl” and “Story of an hour” there is use of gender that describes a typically unfair direction of the role of a women, yet the use of gender is describe differently. The use of gender in the “Story of an hour” is mainly about how the wife of a husband who dies in the train crash is going to deal with life without her husband and if she will be able to handle it emotionally. While the story “Girl” deals with a mom that tells her daughter to be well mannered fit in socially with society. The role of women in both stories is to be well mannered and considerate with high standards of behavior. For instance, in the story the women tell the daughter “ on Sunday try to a walk like a lady” (123). A lady is what the mom wants her to become because she is afraid of her becoming unfit for society. Ladies are expected to be very polite and speak in good manners in order to fit the ideal women. In the “Story of an Hour” there is a specific way her family wants her to handle her husband death. The facts Mrs. Malland was told about the tragedy at a certain times makes me believe that writer wants us to believe that women have harder time dealing with her marriage life.

Mental health is a topic that is not frequently spoken of or taught about in a school setting or society alone. The sad truth of people living their daily lives with no one knowing their true feelings they hide deep down is a very real concept that creates a way too frequent pattern of people not receiving the help they need. There is a very harsh stigma that comes along with mental health issues which most likely contributes as to why it is a subject that is not brought up as often as others, or as much as it should be. The book Girl, Interrupted is based off of a memoir written by Susanna Kaysen during her time spent in a mental hospital dealing with her own mental health issues. This book is commonly banned in high schools.

For centuries, women have had the role of being the perfect and typical house wife; needs to stay home and watch the children, cook for husbands, tend to the laundry and chores around the house. In her short story “Girl”, Jamaica Kincaid provides a long one sentence short story about a mother giving specific instructions to her daughter but with one question towards the end, with the daughter’s mother telling her daughter if she had done all the instructions to become a so called “perfect” woman, every man would want her. Kincaid’s structuring in “Girl,” captures a demanding and commanding tone. This short story relates to feminist perspectives. The mother expects a great deal from her daughter to have a certain potential and she does not hesitate to let her daughter understand that. As a matter of fact, the story is about two pages long, made into one long sentence - almost the whole time the mother is giving her daughter directions to follow - conveys a message to the reader that the mother demands and expects great potential in her daughter. The daughter is forced to listen and learn from what her mother is telling her to do to become the perfect housewife. Throughout the story, Kincaid uses the symbols of the house and clothing, benna and food to represent the meanings of becoming a young girl to a woman and being treated like one in society. Women are portrayed to appeal to a man to become the ideal woman in society, while men can do anything they please.

For millions of immigrants, America has been seen as the land of opportunity where anyone could become anything he or she wanted to be. A family that believes strongly in the American dream can be found in Amy Tan’s short story, “Two Kinds.” The story centers around the daughter of a Chinese immigrant who desperately wants her daughter to become successful. In the story, the author shows the difficult lives immigrants face when moving to a new culture. In this short story, the theme shows the protagonist’s conflict with her mother on the type of daughter her mother wants her to be. The author establishes the theme of how difficult mother-daughter relationships can be through characterization, setting, and symbolism.

She notices the inhabitants also have two arms and two legs, like her! While she’s on the island, the creatures have started to play a game. Once Quarta returns home, she makes up her own version of it, calling it, One-Ball. Soon, other kids had started to join the league. When word got out about the game, Jenna, the most athletic person in the school, had paid Quarta a visit. Jenna claimed that Quarta was, “Unfair and Mean.” She responded, “Please explain.” When the author states this, he wanted to show us that Quarta had gained confidence. She finally found the courage that was in her and brought it out. The moment she said this to Jenna she showed everyone that she wasn’t a weekling anymore. Quarta had definitely changed, she had become brave, and finally stood up for herself.

Furthermore Quarta is determined to fit in. She has fun playing the game she made with the kids who teased her, that would take a lot of determination. She is also determined to be fair and let the kids who teased