This story was a little hard to understand at first. When I started reading it, I didn’t fully understand why it was written the way it was, but as I continued to read I finally understood. It really caught my attention the form in how this story was written. It doesn’t have an introduction neither conclusion, and it is written like a run on sentence; it was like reading a long list of things to do. As you continue to read you realize that the passage is about a mother teaching her daughter the ways she need to behave and the abilities to do certain things, to become a proper women. She starts by telling her how to do household chores, like cleaning the clothes, how to buy good cotton, etc. The mother then continues giving her instructions about relationships, how to behave at dinner, around people, and especially men, etc. The story is literally a list of things that the daughter needs to do, to become a proper women. One thing that caught my attention was the use of the word “slut” multiple times. I think the mother was telling her not be a slut because sluts were treated like garbage or because she went through a similar experience and didn’t went so well for her. In my opinion I think that the mother is giving her all these instructions based on past experiences. She is trying to help her daughter not to do the same things that she did; all she wants is the best for her daughter. Her goal is to help convert her daughter into a proper women. By all the instructions that she give her daughter you can see that being a women in that time wasn’t easy at all. You needed to have various skills or abilities and behave a certain way in order to be considered a proper woman.
Life a couple of years back was a bit rough, especially for women. Still in the modern times things are not as easy for women as it is for men. So when you read this story try to put that into perspective. Imagine how hard it must be for a young girl to receive all those instructions and follow them in order to be accepted by the society.
Works cited:
Pittmann, Cynthia. Reflection from “ Girl” by Kincaid, Jamaica. Class assignment UPRRP 26 December 2017.
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