Girl By Jamaica Kincaid

The text by Jamaica Kincaid is a short story of a mother talking to her daughter about how to act and to react in certain situations as a girl becoming a women. Her mother is using very strong words to describe the type of women that she doesn't to become. The first instance she used this word was on line 13, “ and so to prevent yourself from looking like the slut I know you are so bent on becoming”. As a mother you shouldn't use language like this at whatever age the daughter is at, but regardless of that the mother is making it real clear that she does not want her daughter acting a certain way to prevent her from becoming a slut. Some might question that if the mother already sees a path of being a slut why give this long talk about not being one? To give a sense of caring but in a different form because calling her a slut and seeing a future of that implies that she has given up. Later within the short story the mother goes on to give rules and regulations as to what a women must do in certain situations as a women. Recently in class we talked about the dangers of a short story and how impactful they are on the judgment of others and perception. Being a women in many cases gives the short stories the power to believe that all women are meant to do is cook, clean, and have kids. Many people are bent on that idea and short stories are just the icing on the cake to give you false ideas about what women can do and are meant to do. Girl By Jamaica Kincaid a short story bent on the perspective of what women are expected to do. There are no character names so this is a message that pertains to anyone.