William Carlos William's 'The Pimply-Faced Girl'

Maggie is described as being unattractive, very shy and self-conscious about the way she looked. Maggie always looked down at herself and thought she could not compare to her sister. She thinks her sister lives a life that she missed on, by getting an education and having the finer things in life. The scars she has on her body from the house fire done more than just scare her skin but has scared her soul too. Maggie, mother talks about her daughter in a way a person would think no mother should ever do.“ Have you ever

Although throughout the United States activist and educational campaigns have flooded U.S citizens with education on the detrimental effects of maternal alcohol consumption, women are still continuing to consume alcohol while pregnant. Fifty three percent of non-pregnant woman drink alcohol, and despite health warnings, twelve percent of pregnant mothers in the United States still consume alcohol (Pruett &Waterman & Caughey, 2013, p. 62). Fetal alcohol exposure is also believed to be widely underreported in the United States (Pruett et al., 2013, p. 66). Current research concludes that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption, nor a safe time during gestation for alcohol consumption to take place (National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome [NOFAS], 2014). Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is an umbrella term used for the various conditions that maternal alcohol consumption causes. Although each case of FASD can present differently, cognitive disabilities, facial deformities, and growth retention are a few of the hallmark adverse effects that alcohol has when it enters fetal circulation (Paley & O’Connor, 2011, p. 64). The United States is impacted economically by these debilitating conditions as well, as it costs our nation $746 million dollars annually to care for these children (Bhuvaneswar, Chang, Epstein & Stern, 2007, p. 3). Nurses in America, and across the globe have a key role in helping to eliminate, and minimize adverse effects of these conditions

     Drinking during pregnancy is often thought of as no big deal. However, drinking during pregnancy is a very big deal. An unborn baby’s life is in the hands of the mother. If she decides to drink, she is risking the unborn’s chances of being as smart and healthy as it can be. Drinking during pregnancy opens the doors to a variety of harmful effects on the mother and her unborn baby, and until this is brought out in the open with honesty, it cannot be prevented.

The man, however, is not the sole contributor to the communication breakdown. Right away the girl begins to show her weakness and inability to express herself. When the man initially directs the conversation to the operation (abortion), her reaction is described: "The girl looked at the ground the table legs rested on [and] . . . did not say anything" (275). Failure to state her conviction is illustrated in this example, and is further indicated by frail hints of her desire to keep the baby: "Once they take it away, you never get it back" (276). An obvious hint, yet she never clearly voices her hunger to have the baby. She continues to desire his will over hers in lines such as this one: "Then I?ll do it [have an abortion]. Because I don?t care about me" (275).

They cannot believe that Anna would do such a thing. They always wondered why she wouldn’t help her sister in her time of need. Anna’s father says, “We all know you’re supposed to love your kids equal, but that’s not always how it works” (147). They call her selfish for not wanting to donate anymore. Anna does feel guilty for not wanting to help her sister, but she is tired of getting stuck with needles and being hospitalized when she is never the one who is sick.

There were many other factors in this pregnancy that could also be harmful to the child. Not only was the mother an alcoholic who continued to drink, she also was under a severe amount of stress throughout the pregnancy. She suffers a nasty fall and countless

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

Third it shows she is arrogant in the fact that she tells her sister who won’t help her, “Oh tell it! Tell everyone! Think how they’ll hate you when it all comes out, if they learn you knew about it all the time.

recuperate from her “nervous condition” where she is told to rest in an old nursery room with

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.

In the story Girl, The author Jamaica Kincaid uses point if view to show how the mother teaches her daughter how to be the proper or perfect woman for a man. She also uses” This is how”shows how the mother teaches the daughter how to be sophisticated.

He first tries to be accommodating by asking the girl for her name in order to get her to cooperate in opening her mouth, but she does not budge. The doctor assures Mathilda that he has nothing in his hands and that she should open up. “Such a nice man, put in the mother. Look how kind he is to you. Come on, do what he tells you to. He won’t hurt you.” The mother’s helpfulness in assuring the girl that the doctor is trying to help enrages the doctor; as he puts it, “At that I ground my teeth in disgust.” The doctor then shows frustration, “If only they wouldn’t sue use the word ‘Hurt’ I might be able to get somewhere.” (par. 16) Despite this he continues to get his diagnosis. As the doctor reaches again for the girl, she swipes his glasses and the parents light up in embarrassment. They apologize and chastise the girl and assures assure her that he is a nice man. The doctor lashes out to the parents, “For heaven’s sake, I broke in. Don’t call me a nice man to her.” (par. 19) He states to the parents that he is strictly there to check her throat to see if she has diphtheria and that she could die from it. It is apparent at this point that the doctor may not care what the parents and child think of him, just as long as he checks the girls (should it be girl's? I didn't correct you, because I'm not actually sure which is right)

“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.

At first the doctor is trying to be cooperative, because he’s trying to do his job and help the young girl. After awhile he starts to enjoy being mean to her. Maybe he is thinking this way, because he wants to get some sort of revenge for the little girl behaving the way she was. Maybe he could just be acting this way, because he’s got some sort of an evil side to him. Personally, I think he’s just enjoying being rude to her, because she is being rude to him. Those are examples of internal conflicts the doctor experiences.

Today’s world is made up of an image of doctors who are supposed to help you in every way possible to treat whatever the problem is that you have. As a reader the things that the doctor says gives an uncomfortable feeling. For example, while the doctor is trying to perform on the child he says “You’re old enough to understand what I’m saying. Will you open it now by yourself or shall we have to open it up for you?”. As the reader, this is the first thing that would make for an uncomfortable feeling. Although her projected illness could be one that is life threatening, she still is a child and saying things like “or shall we have to open it for you” just totally ignores that, and other techniques can be taken to get her to coo operate. He goes on to say, “After all, I had already fallen in love with the savage brat”. Such words are making the reader look at him in a truly uncomfortable way because now he is not even looking at her as a child anymore in her mind she is a savage brat. The meaning of a savage is to be fierce, violent and uncontrolled. The meaning of a brat is a spoiled, annoying, and