Analysis of the short story Girl
Jamaica Kincaid’s short story, “Girl,” (1978) describes a mother that is simultaneously
berating her daughter and teaching her what’s expected to be and do as an Antiguan woman.
There's no traditional plot, no action, no character descriptions, and no setting. Only two voices,
and it takes us a while to figure out that they are mother and daughter. The girl only responds
twice to the mom and thats to ask, “but what if the baker won’t let me feel the bread?,”(Kincaid
484) and also to defend herself by saying…
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