Girl

“Girl” is a story by Jamacia Kimcaid and it is about a mother who has a series of instructions for her daughter on how she should live her life. She constantly accuses and ridicules the girl about being a slut and singing calypso songs in church. She tells the girl how she must plant foods, how she must take care of herself and her house so as not to reveal herself as a ‘slut’. Her tone changes towards the end when she tells the girl to touch the bread at the bakery to see if it is right, to which

parents play an instrumental role in how we perceive ourselves and the world around us. The short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid exhibits the relationship between an Antiguan mother and her daughter in a patriarchal society where the list of rules and regulations for women is exhaustive and almost never-ending. By analyzing the unique and often tense dynamic between the mother and daughter, “Girl” showcases the direct influence mothers have on their children, and how traditional and patriarchal customs

out her priceless knowledge. “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid is a twisted version of this event, depicting a Mother giving her daughter a harsh lesson to her daughter on the realities of becoming a respected woman. Reading the title it was apparent that the word girl would be a significant symbol to the story itself. This title makes the reader believe that she is talking to her young daughter which seems to be true but never once does the mother call her daughter a girl. Giving the impression that her

It can be argued that in Jamaica Kincaid’s short story “Girl” that the mother is loving towards her daughter because the mother is teaching her daughter how to be a woman, and because she wants to protect her in the future from society’s judgment. In Kincaid’s story “Girl” there are many lines that show that the mother want to teach her daughter how to grow into a woman. A woman who has the knowledge of how to run a home and take care of herself. In the story she tells her daughter the many ways

“ You educate a man; you educate a man. You educated a woman; you educate a generation” stated by Brigham Young. Jamaica Kincaid in her short story Girl, this is the message she wants her readers to understand.Kincaid sets up a “ how to” format for the way a woman should behave. The mother gives her daughter advice on being a woman through her past experiences and shows her that being feminine revolves around maintaining a home, but the daughter disagrees. When the mother corrects her way of thinking

Why Girls Are Dumb Girls are dumb for a million reasons. What causes girls to become selfish, fake, annoying bitches? Well, the world may never know. Why are girls so different from boys? They are not that different are They? Girls are dumb because instead of confronting people to their face, girls hide behind anything they can. Girls are also dumb because they choose to see the bad in everyone instead of the good and they also have a habit of being afraid to admit when we are wrong. They make bullies

The sexualization of women and girls surround Americans and is damaging to females as well as to American society. Females receive the sexualized messages regarding their appearance and how they should act via the media, retailers, and American society’s acceptance of these behaviors. As a mother, Girl Scout Leader, and school paraprofessional I cannot help but to question are these messages inflicting psychological damage on girls? Whom can I hold accountable for sexualizing female youth? What can

“ A woman’ job is to keep her man happy.” This has been the societal expectation for girls or women rather, for centuries. If a marriage fails, the first concern is, did the wife satisfy her man in their marriage. Boys are expected to be the providers, while girls are to stay at home and keep her mister happy and satisfied as for as he is the one sustaining for their needs. A. Munro used “Boys and Girls” to convey the idea that males are prominent to females in the society because it exhibits the

I am very familiar with P&G’s Always “Like a Girl” campaign. I remember watching that commercial and acknowledging the greatness behind it. As a tomboy growing up, I was always at the receiving end of jokes because I was not “girly” enough; this campaign’s initial interpretation of stereotypical responses regarding girls was eye-opening. Seriously, when did being a girl become an insult? My daughter was in high school when this campaign was published. Even my teenager, the star basketball player

An interesting depiction of femininity is in Jamie Hewlett’s 1988 Tank Girl, where Rebecca Buck, or Tank Girl, is presented as untraditionally feminine. Her appearance is definitely a challenge to the typical comic book girlish look, which are usually long hair and a curvy figure. Tank Girl instead wears outfits that are chaotic with wacky colors and symbols, all while brandishing weapons and having a sly smile. This combination of femininity with a masculine streak where she flaunts her body while