Blog Post I : "Girl"
The short story "girl" is about a mothers life advice to a growing daughter, and she warns the daughter about men and when to get rid of them if they can't treat her well, or support her. I believe the reason this author wrote this piece is to show female stereotypes in a group, and show that even though times are changing women are still doing these things. The author makes the tone of the text get stricter as the story goes on, and this is to show how the girl progress's from a child to woman. The mother in the story in the end teaches her daughter how to hook in a man she wants and get rid of them if she feels unhappy. " This is how to catch a fish, this is how to throw one back you don't like." The mother says 3 times to try and warn her daughter about not becoming a slut, but when at the end she says that she has already become one by following her mothers instructions. Her mother basically shows her how to maintain the reputation of a lady but in reality be a slut. The girl does not speak until the end which makes the text feel like a lecture.
"this is how to catch a fish, this is how to throw one back you don't like."
The short story "girl" is about a mothers life advice to a growing daughter, and she warns the daughter about men and when to get rid of them if they can't treat her well, or support her. I believe the reason this author wrote this piece is to show female stereotypes in a group, and show that even though times are changing women are still doing these things. The author makes the tone of the text get stricter as the story goes on, and this is to show how the girl progress's from a child to woman. The mother in the story in the end teaches her daughter how to hook in a man she wants and get rid of them if she feels unhappy. " This is how to catch a fish, this is how to throw one back you don't like." The mother says 3 times to try and warn her daughter about not becoming a slut, but when at the end she says that she has already become one by following her mothers instructions. Her mother basically shows her how to maintain the reputation of a lady but in reality be a slut. The girl does not speak until the end which makes the text feel like a lecture.
I agree with you on the point that the author wrote this because they wanted to show female stereotypes and that women are still doing these things to this day
ReplyDeleteI agree that this does end up sounding like a lecture near the end, and that when the mother is telling her not to be a "slut" she is actually tell her how to be one and just not be looked at as one
ReplyDeleteI agree with the point you have made about her mother trying to tell her how to be a slut and get away with it. i think the focus of that was to explain how her mother is telling her daughter to be successful in this world and how to get a man.
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