Elements of Fiction: MOWAW

10/2/2018

Using your skills of analysis, read the short story, "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid on pgs 91-92 of your Jago text. Thoughtfully compose and then list three possible themes found in this short story.

Primary Blog Expectations (respond to the prompt above): Please use the name you were assigned in class as your nom de plume and be sure to add word count. Due by 11:59pm Tuesday night 10-2-2018!

Phantom

10/2/2018 07:59:20 pm

1. Why must females have so many expectations?
2. Girls are to keep appearances to not look like a slut
3. The role of a women is hard and tedious

Edgar Wright

10/2/2018 08:26:47 pm

The short story Girl, by Jamaica Kincaid, tells the tale of a young woman who has to live her life in regret after getting an unwanted pregnancy. Of course, a premise as simple as that could be woven into countless of stories each with their own themes and subtexts. This short story does just that. Girl is told in the perspective of the mother as she gives countless orders at the pregnant daughter while at the same time insulting and slut-shaming her. From the perspective alone, one can take out the theme of sexual reputation. As the mom judges her daughter solely on her being pregnant. However, their dynamic in the story also portrays the theme of mother and daughter relationships. Since theirs was probably the social norm back in the day. Speaking of social norms, the theme of society and what is accepted and not is also touched on in the story. Everyone thinks the girl is a slut for getting pregnant, but was she really at fault here? People are very quick to resort to mob mentality and judge someone already being judged.

tucker

10/2/2018 09:09:27 pm

1) domestic power is knowledge
2) traditional female roles in society
3) the relationship between a mother and daughter

Name

10/2/2018 09:21:02 pm

1. Many times parents will try to benefit their child in the worst way possible. Sometimes parents trying to help you avoid the mistakes they made puts a great deal of pressure on a person.

2. People are very quick to resort to mob mentality and judge someone . The adult figure seems to make a great effort to make the girl aware of how the world may perceive her if she is or behaves like a "slut"

3. The "social norms" of a woman include a long list of expectations they are supposed to meet as well as extreme judgement when those expectations are not met.

E. Dickinson

10/2/2018 09:49:09 pm

1) To be a respectable female is to be perfect in every way
2) A woman's life is controlled and defined by those who came before her
3) A mother's shame

V.Steele

10/2/2018 10:04:38 pm

1. The role of a woman
2. Domestic duties will save you from promiscuity
3. The dangers of female sexuality in this time period or community

Champ Forever

10/7/2018 10:58:44 am

1) women are thought to be a man's property.

2) The role of women in our society is not praised as much as we praise the men who actually have less contribution than women in most of the things.

3) Women are bound to certain things whereas a man can do whatever he want's to do and nobody will judge as much as they judge women.

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