Girl/woman work socio-historical critique assignment

She felt as though that her mother didn’t care for her children when they flourished, only when they were down, or when they needed her most (Jaggi). This could explain the seemingly harsh tone of the mother in “ Girl” when she blatantly refers to her daughter as a slut (Kincaid 47). Due to the fact that this is a circumstance where there is a lesson to be learned and not a need to pacify her daughter, it can assumed to describe the relationship that Jamaica Kincaid most likely had with her very own mother.

In my opinion many can agree that despite the mother’s harsh and blunt tone the advice she gives is ultimately valuable. Her advice not only relates to behavior that a young lady should observe as a young adolescent but also as an adult and how to handle certain situations. As mentioned before, Kincaid felt as though her mother only felt obligated to express the sensitivity a mother should show when her children truly need her most, which again explains the harsh tone observed in “ Girl. Taking another look at Jamaica Kincaid’s life as reference it can be concurred that she portrays a love hate relationship between mother and daughter a lot in her work (Jaggi). Maya Angelou’s life has a different approach. Unlike Kincaid, Angelou’s relationship with her mother as well as her grandmother was a seemingly good one judging by her autobiography “ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. ” In an interview she agreed to with Grandparents. com she admitted that her relationship with her grandmother and mother was an extremely good one.