"Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid Reflection


Reflection of Girl



            Why we have to do everything in order to satisfy other people. Can we be ourselves and take our own decisions without the advice of someone else? People are always focus on what other persons do. Since the beginning of the story we notice that there is an atmosphere of anger end rebellion as the narrator wants to be the way she is without satisfying the desires of others in order to be as the society wants. From history we can notice that women have been victims of society. People do not stop being aware of the lives of others, so people choose to do what others want to see. And this is not correct since one must be unique and make their own decisions. Do things for the pleasure of others is not good, it is as if they direct your life, they become owners of you only to take the decision to do what others expect. One must be unique and take control of his own life, learn to make decisions and do what one thinks is right. In the story she is being strongly influenced by her mother to be something she is not. in the part that tells you “On Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming” the atmosphere is a bit sexist and cruel. This is repeated twice. The story shows the pressure that society imposed to women although this has change through time.




                                                                         Works cited



Pittmann, Cynthia. Reflection from "Salvation" by Hughes, Langston. Class assignment UPRRP 26 December 2017




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  1. Unknown15 de febrero de 2018, 5:39 p.m.

    I agree with you with the fact that you should not do things for the pleasure of others, but in fact you should do what you want to do for your life.

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  2. Unknown15 de febrero de 2018, 8:25 p.m.

    Exactly, one should live life their one way. It's your life and nobody has the right to tell you how you need to live it.

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