Week six work. post 1

The story "Girl" was the only short story that was actually just a very large sentence. The story is about a mother giving guidelines to her daughter on how a lady should like her life, what a lady should do to prepare meal and to clean " Wash the whites clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes on Tuesday and put them on the clothesline to dry..." (Kincaid). This patten goes on and on with the daughter speaking only twice in between it. Most stories that are heavily based on dialog are usually connected to the author's past experiences in my opinion. Even if the poem does not rhyme it's very distinct pattern in how the mother speaks give it rhythm without making the story sound too repetitive. Although I cannot fully relate to this short story, I can compinsate with the feeling that our parents sometimes find themselves shaping ourselves in their image because they only want whats best for us even if we don't agree. I personally loved how the mother began getting more and more specific as she went on warning and teaching her. Like all parents, I truly believe that in some way our parents will live on trough us whether it be from talents, knowledge, or traits.  I like to think that Jamaica Kincaid took her mother's words of advice to heart and now see things from her mother's point of view to write this short story. Although, I felt like this could also be interpreted in many other ways, I feel that it has more of the author in it any social commentary or feminist critical theory. In conclusion, "Girl" can relate to everyone on some level or another, its odd composition and sentence structure makes it appealing as well as easy to read and the story gives the reader an idea of the author's relationship with her own mother. This was by far my favorite out of the three short stories I read this week.